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Allusionist 71. Triumph/Trumpet/Top/Fart
It's a year since Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. And in that year, he's caused a lot of changes in the job of constitutional law professor Elizabeth Joh of What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law podcast - in particular, one verb is now off limits. Plus, Paul
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this episode contains references to the 45th president of the USA. I know a lot of you listen to The Allusionist for a little escape from politics and current affairs, so let me reassure you that there is not much modern politics in the episode; it’s mostly about history and interesting word facts.

#podcast#linguistics#linguistic anthropologist#the allusionist#language history#language#etymologist#Eponyms#radiotopia#farts
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Allusionist 65. Eponyms III: Who's That Guy?
Roman Mars returns for our annual dose of eponyms - words that derive from people's names. This year: explosive revelations about the origins of the word 'guy'.
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So It turns out calling a person guy or saying “you guys” comes from Guy Fawkes.

#Guy Fawkes#gunpowder plot#history#british history#Eponyms#langauge#language history#english language#english history#Allusionist#podcast#the allusionist#linguistics#linguistic anthropologist#word origin#etomology#guy#you guys#guys
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