Of Or Pertaining To

We've got one last round to serve up for you, and it's the one where Jen takes her turn as Pagemaster and found a surprisingly Scrabble-valuable word that none of us had heard before! We hack through a lot of fake definitions and snob out over people's tendency to use abbreviations too much, then the final scores are announced. One of us becomes The Winner, and this podcast is basically an uplifting sports documentary. Which is exactly what the world needs right now, isn't it? Also this is the last episode we're doing BUT... still that thing about the world needs this podcast, just go with that message. Plus just like, goodbye forever and stuff.

It's Marshall's turn to pilot a round of Fictionary, and we all know what that means. Why, he's basically a walking contronym because he is both a person of movingly kind ethics and a fiendish master of competitive hijinx. All this can we truly deliver with this here fourth round of this fiftieth Anniversary Of Trespass.

We're mid-game here at Of Or Pertaining To, but don't expect a fancy half-time show! No Beyonces will be flouncing around flaming stages on this episode. We have the next best thing, however, in that Kai excavates a uniquely unfamiliar word out of his dictionary and we all get up to trickery and shenanigans about what that word means. Plus there is talk of pizza and disappointing song lyrics. And then special guest Bruce Springsteen emerges from the wings and the crowd goes crazy!

We get down hard on this second round of this peculiarly named game ("50th Anniversary Of Trespass"), and it gets ugly in the most beautiful way. But then it gets beautiful in the most ugly way and so everything balances out nicely, see. Bob leads the round as Pagemaster and takes you all the long way toward learning a very cool new word. Also he gets emotional about Minnesota, and maybe kind of not all that emotional about Shakespeare. This episode represents Bob-dynamics at their most extreme; you've been warned.

Kai really took us to school when he kicked our cheeks on the 49th Lammy Sand, so he was given the honor of naming the new game. And here it is: the 50th Anniversary Of Trespass! That's the name of this game, although it is a podcast of us playing Fictionary and not really doing anything about Trespass. Liz gets this game started with a familiar-sounding new word, and we talk kind of a lot about pleonasms. Pleonasms you guys! Do we have your attention NOW? Yeah, we THOUGHT so. #pleonasms

Coming to you from the beautiful Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota, USA, rising up from the ashes of a community riven by chaos, it's this podcast about word geeks playing their word game! We have another contest in the can which we'll keep dosing out as long as it's possible to keep editing despite the steady barrage of rubber bullets coming from the MPD through our window. This is the beginning of the 49th Lammy Sand, a game named by Kai, and also begun by Kai with a very intriguing new word. We also talk about the problem of conveying sarcasm when texting. Some day people will be perusing podcast episodes undistracted by the pervasive sensation of living on a hot stove of senseless violence, but that's not the case on the day this description is being written.

You know how there are lots of rap songs where it's just the rapper rapping about how they're still rapping? This episode is kind of like one of those. Well actually it isn't, but this description of the episode definitely is because, you guys, we still do this podcast. We use Zoom so it sounds quite, quite internet-y. And we do this in the year 2020, so it also sounds quite, quite emotionally wounded. So laugh along with us as we make fun of bad video game titles before wrapping up this very special 49th Lammy Sand. Also donate to Marshall & Liz's gofundme please won't you! It's: gofundme.com/f/humanistic-kindness-rampd

Welcome back to the 49th Lammy Sand, the ONLY Lammy Sand made with 100% pure Minnesota iron gravy. It's good for your T-Zone! Plug in and behold Jen's round as Pagemaster, where she does one of those words that sounds like a normal word but totally isn't and also you will be surprised at what the real definition turns out to be. We also talk about what we're reading, and we allow that to go on a tangent! Market research teaches us that you love tangents! And on top of all that, Jen's plug is very strange and might convince you to make yourself very uncomfortable on purpose. Yes, we realize we sometimes get cocky about Jen's influence, but that's because we know each and every one of you and we are aware of just what suckers you are.

Zoom-style podcasting continues as we continue to play our favorite word game while responsibly social distancing like the smart grownups do. We're on the third round of this "49th Lammy Sand", and Bob gets to dish out some phony definitions of a cute new word. Also we talk about there being such a thing as a "writer" in media where you might not expect that. And then we go off on tangents. SUCH tangents! Seriously, if you're into tangents this is definitely the episode for you, although maybe you're only into tangents because you think that's the word for some kind of fruit candy.

You know how there are a lot of video games which, even though they were made recently, were deliberately designed to look like they're decades old? And how that's primarily for nostalgia reasons, but also secretly it's because it's a lot less work for the developers? Well, do you think in 30 years there will be a trend to make podcasts that sound like they were done over Zoom? While you contemplate that, please give some cursory attention to our latest weekly episode, in which Liz challenges us with a new word that may or may not be the part of speech it sounds like. Also Marshall brings up a fun way to think about a thing that's hard to describe here so you should just listen.

Help yourself to this delectable episode! Here's where we deliver the final round of what we've been ungrudgingly calling the 48th Santa Ana Cornhole. Plus we get hopping mad about critical writing, even though some of us do that sometimes! Are we hypocrites? Or are we Hippocrates? Seriously, how come no one ever talks about the similarities between those two words? We've been waiting for someone to bring it up so that we may reply, "I know, RIGHT?"

We're back on track now, we promise. Despite the previous episode's lack of such fundamentals as "scoring", we kept playing and kept recording and continued with our scheduled Pagemaster for this episode. It's Kai, and his word is strange. Also we talk about a language topic that is both super interesting and rarely discussed! If anything, it gives one hope that you are still pretty far from running out of interesting things to hear about.

Okay, so... well... okay, first of all, HELLO! I mean, of course "hello", right? Always hello. ALWAYS HELLO. But really, just... just a sincere hello from us all. Whatever runs through your head as you listen to the third round of this game we're playing, please do not forget the profound sincerity of our initial greeting. It will help us all to get through the, well, as you're about to hear... You know what? You should probably just listen. Unless this is your first time hearing our podcast, in which case please instead listen to one of the handful of episodes we've released that don't involve utter debacles.

We decided to stay friends and keep playing the game of Fictionary, using modern technology that gives away this moment in history with a telltale elimination of audio frequencies. Zoom, that's what we use now to make this podcast. Just like the white collar workers some of us are, or used to be... Here's the second round, navigated ably by Liz. Plus also you can hear what happens when champions of writing quality are asked what they think of screenwriting. Where else will you hear that, you poor lost soul?

We are all locked down in our separate quarters, but we still play this game over Zoom. So here is Zoom audio of us starting a new game! Jen kicks it off with the first round of the nonsensically named 48th Santa Ana Cornhole, plus not only do we talk about the pandemic, we talk about how hard it is to not talk about he pandemic. And now this description is talking about talking about how hard it is not to talk about the pandemic. Which means that last sentence... yeah. We went there.

Hi we are diligently sequestered inside your audio device and have produced some new talky wordy play-y stuff for you, don't worry it is safe and you are safe! This is the final episode of what was mischievously named the "47th Wilson's Pullover". Listen in as Bob Pagemasters as mighty a podcast episode as you'll ever hear, or hear about, or share a universe with.

The deeper we descend into the seizure of civilization as we once knew it, the more these episodes, recorded in early March, start to seem like they were created by adorably naive children who had yet to lose their innocence. Join us, won't you, for a nostalgic look at bygone days when we looked forward to public performances, and mirthful poop-humor wasn't tinged with the irony of toilet paper shortages. Also, Kai teaches us about brown!

We always begin each episode with a warning that we are providing strictly NSFW language in our podcast. These days that's not much of an issue because most people aren't working around other people, but Kai really pushes the issue with his word selection when he takes over this round. You'll just have to listen. And since you're probably not in polite company, just crank it up real loud why don't you.

We used to always release episodes on the first of the month, which means we would always have an "April Fool's" episode. But now we just release on Mondays. So this non-canon offering is basically just us hilariously persuading you that it's Monday. Oh my god. You should have seen your face. You were like "it is Monday and it not-is Monday". Everyone will remember you and mock you!

There are some things that, no matter how grim and lonely the world has become, you can always count on to cheer you up. Some routines will just always be there for you to give you a little taste of the comforting humdrum of the Olden Times. We invite you to pretend, just for this short time, that our half-assed podcast is one of those things. Join us now for the second part of the 47th Wilson's Pullover as Bad Katy takes her productive turn with a sweet new word. Also we sound off on that dumb way we have of saying, "right?" after someone else has made a good point. Cockiness, the historians will say, was a big part of the Olden Times.

We're on a new game, and it's the one that Liz spent her winnings naming "The 47th Wilson's Pullover"! In a tragic turn of events, Liz wasn't even available to play the game she named, so that means you get to experience the return of Bad Katy! And Marshall takes a turn as Pagemaster with a really fun-sounding word of dubious utility! Plus we get snobby about some ad copy we saw that we hate. Have you ever in your entire dreadful life read a podcast episode description that was anywhere near this promising? Of course not - you can't even read!!!!

It's the final round of the 46th President! Bob, who was so rudely treated in the third round, has a shot at vengeance as he conducts the end of the game with his signature flair for delivering such random definitions as "a pert bulge of undulating tissue-milpings". This is the episode where we learn who won the game, and what that winner decides to name the next game! You get to hear all that you lucky tissue-milping, you! We are aware of the sound issues on this episode and are working diligently to remedy them. At least, if you consider this disclaimer an example of us working to remedy them. They're still there. They'll always be there. Why don't you give us a break for once it's not like anyone is paying us OMG.

Listen as we play the fourth round of the 46th President! Gasp in awe as multiple definitions are read which sound kinda legit! Murmur judgmentally at our scandalous revelations of our memories of childhood profanity! Go get tofu bites from Jasmine 26 in Minneapolis later, like we always do! Happy birthday, Bob's Mom! Happy late-birthday, Jen's Mom!

We like to think that at this point we're pretty good at the whole "playing Fictionary" thing... and yet, here we have a round of Fictionary where a very embarrassing mistake was made. This is a good episode to listen to you if you really like for Bob, Marshall, Jenny, Kai, and Liz to feel embarrassed. Or if you like hearing them chat casually about accents. But mostly the being-embarrassed part.

This game, optimistically named the "46th President", rolls on with Marshall's round. Here he brings us a word that you'll really want to incorporate into your everyday vernacular. Plus we get all fired up about the Oxford comma debate because that is our idea of a good time. Also yours.

If you listened to the previous week's episode, or if you've already listened to this one and are reading this because you just can't let go, you won't be surprised that this is the first of five episodes that are borne of the contest we're calling the "46th President". The previous game's winner, Jen, got to give it that name, and she kicks things off by presenting a surprisingly unfamiliar word. It's all pretty great, yes, but hang on... how many times have you read this? Jeez, obsessed much?

Here endeth the 45th Landfill! This episode is about the final round in that epic contest. Maybe you're here to find out who won, or to find out what the winner decided to name the next game. Or maybe you heard that we talk about squib notchings in this one and you're really, REALLY into descriptions of squib notchings. If that's what you're about, we respect that, but you'll probably be disappointed in just how little we get into the whole amazing world of squib notchings.

Here! We give unto you a new piece of funny-sound stuff. Talking? Yes! Quite. QUITE. Marshall's turn as Pagemaster. Relaxed chatter about word games. All of it recorded with such acute professionalism that one would be forgiven for assuming we have a very indulgent office holiday party. We don't, though. Please invite us to yours.

Here's the third round from the 45th Landfill! We're right in the thick of another intense five-round game of us goofing on wordsy things, and here's where Jen steps up with a truly bizarre, obscure new vocabulary word that we really hope someone out there has a use for. Otherwise it's just going in the bin, along with "pelma" and "forjesket"

This 45th landfill (yes, "LANDFILL") seethes on with round 2. Liz's round! Liz is really good at rounds, but don't take our word for it. Listen and then silently agree with us. We also talk about a very shocking song that Jen and Marshall wrote about non-existent Aunt Olga. We suggest that we might include that song in this episode, but then we don't actually do that. You become angry and leave us for another podcast. Probably Joe Rogan or Scott Auckerman or some much more popular podcaster than us. You're so shallow!

You know how for the past 20 or so episodes, we've been leaving you with the unfinished business of revealing the truth until the next episode? We're not at all sure we worded that last sentence properly, but the point is that in Part 1 of the 45th Landfill, which is what this episode is, that all ends! It catches up! You get all the final info from the previous episode, where we finish up the 44th Delivery... AND you get the whole entire thing of the first round of this new game! Plus the explanation of why it's called the 45th Landfill!!! Aren't we great?! Oh. Maybe you didn't need to actually answer that last question. *pout*

I see you have a very good eye for podcast episodes. I listen to this one myself, and I'm not just saying that. How would you like to take 'er for a spin? There's nothing like the feel of a cool, pristine episode of Of Or Pertaining To on a crisp winter's day like this. You married? Got kids? Got any other info I can exploit so... oh, you want me to get to the point! I like that! Right down to business! This one has Jen revealing what "acersecomic" means and Bob revealing the final definitions... wait, wait, let me talk to my manager and see if we can figure out a deal we can live with...

We're at it again, and this time it's like WHOA. I mean because first of all, Jen hits us with a new word and there are some deeply cunning attempts to pretend like that word means something that it doesn't. Plus also Jen literally starts a new business, right there while we were recording, and probably 97% of you will want to cough up real money for her services. Just like that you already have an awesome idea for a gift for next Christmas. You're welcome.

Here it is: Part 3 of the 44th Delivery. No 44th Delivery could possibly do without a very solid 3rd part, and we here at Of Or Pertaining To are very serious about our reputation for successful 44th Deliveries. This is where Annette reveals the reality not only of her word, "impignorate", but of what was going on between what was written on her cards and what got said. Then Kai ponies up a new word and you get to hear how those definitions turn out. It is one of the most amazing things that has ever happened in the 952 area code.

If you were excited for Marshall to reveal the reality of the word "sunket", you are at the right podcast episode. Because that's one of the things that happens. Also Bob puzzles a little angrily about why a first name gets to be "translated" to other languages, and Annette brings more personality traits than most of us even have while presenting a new word. Seriously she just has awesome qualities just lying around that she's not even using. "What, this old thing? I only display this characteristic when I don't care WHAT people think!"

Here's a new episode of our dippy game show podcast! A new game begins here with Marshall presiding over a new word and some messed-up definitions that sound like they came out of Albert Einstein's meth pipe. But we also have the final scores from the last game to announce and a winner to crown. And it's all thanks to you. You are the real hero of this game. For it is your bravery and quality of character that is the reason for blah blah blah just listen to it you giant monkey weirdo you.

Are you ready to hear Bob present the final word of the 43rd Campaign? Are you??? ARE YOU READY. Why does it always take you so long to get ready? All you have to do is insert the podcast into the podcast machine, hover your finger over the PLAY PODCAST EPISODE button, announce to the entire building your intent to press the button (for full compliance with all local statutes), apply finger pressure to the button for a minimum of seven seconds, and keep winding the handle on the machine to make sure it has enough power to play all the way through. It's so simple that even a one-percenter could do it.

This is the 4th segment in what we lovingly, and also perhaps kind of hatingly, call the "43rd Campaign". This has Liz giving up a new word for us to riff on, and it has Dave revealing the disappointing, and also perhaps kind of appointing, truth about the situation with the word "animadversion". For best results, please consume aurally. Not affiliated with the Orpert family. Do not try this at home. Do not try this at work. You may try this in a dental clinic.

Here's your weekly fix of these five pals playing Fictionary in such a way as to amuse each other. This one has Kai coming clean about what "facula" really means, plus our newest player, Dave, kicks off a new word. Also our attractive sideline commentator talks one-on-one with the hero of the game about what exactly he was thinking when he decided to score the winning point. It's really insightful. He's like "I was just trying to score the winning point." But it's the WAY he says it.

It's the 2nd episode of the game where Bob and Dave and Kai and Katy and Liz play Fictionary in The Weird Way, a way so weird it begat this podcast and put these words in your eyes, and maybe some other ones in your ears. Kai brings out a new word here, plus Katy somehow clears up the monumental tumult of her "ulotrichous" round. (Except not entirely - we now know it's pronounced 'yoo-LOW-trih-cuss'. Okay NOW it's all resolved. Whew. Lost some sleep there.)

If you thought we'd run out of pals that are interested in appropriating their precious off-the-clock hours by recording themselves inventing dictionary definitions like "to rake shopping carts" or "a disappointingly inauthentic shoe", then, ironically, maybe you also have enough time in your life for such inconsequential activities. Call us! Meanwhile, check out the beginning of the 43rd Campaign, featuring a new player as well as the final scores from that nutty, nutty 42nd Circuit! Remember, you still don't know whether or not the real definition of "bludge" is "a clean-shaven child"!

Hey, we believe in authenticity!! When we sit down to record an episode of Of Or Pertaining To, we are prepared to open up our souls in whatever way we believe would make the best use of our listeners' valuable time. So when we recorded this episode, it just so happens that we decided that explaining the real definition of "bronstrops", and admitting who wrote all the fake ones from last week, would be the most pragmatic and efficient content to allow to emerge from our mouthbrains. Take a listen; we think you'll hear nothing but twenty-four minutes and thirty-six seconds of the most sensible decision making available to you on that little machine you have there.

Things are really getting down to the wire here on the 42nd Circuit. This is the one where Maureen steps forward to Pagemaster the bejeezus out of the latest round. And if you don't know what that all means, imagine how much difficulty you'd have sussing out the definition of the word "stormcock". Playing Fictionary, as we do on this podcast, is incredibly difficult. And painful. And disastrous for our long-term health. And yours. And theirs. Wait, what?

Relax, this episode exists now. You can stop wondering what to do after listening to 42nd Circuit Episode 2. This podcast is here to settle you down for crying out loud. Hey! Stop making a scene! Just listen to the episode you were just so impatient for like five seconds ago. Put down that... where did you get that tuba?? This is a disaster.

Just like that, here's the next episode! This is the one where Bad Katy takes over as pagemaster and is awesome and so are you. But also we find out who voted correctly and/or incorrectly on Jen's word from the last episode, and Jen's awesomeness is also a factor. Someday, when the rich history of this monumental podcast is studied, perhaps what will be understood as the key ingredient to its extremely high quality is the individual awesomeness of each participant and listener. You guys? Awesomeness is so important. We can't say that often enough.

And so begins the next epic battle. Hey, how come it gives it gravity or whatever to begin the first sentence of a thing with "And"? Is that a Bible thing? Anyway, in this episode we begin a new game, dubbed the "42nd Circuit", and we go over the final scores from the previous game, dubbed the "41st Flight", plus we chat a lot. It's all very podcast-y.

Hey you! Yeah you, the one with all the, uh, awesomeness! Come over here and listen to this episode of our podcast! It's the one where Bob kicks off the fifth and final round of the 41st flight!!! What does that mean? WHAT does that MEAN? Never mind that, you're way too awesome to be troubling yourself with such questions. Let other, less awesome people worry about that stuff. You can listen to this episode while plotting your next scheme to drop awesome-bombs on everyone around you.

Here's the fourth part of the 41st flight. It is a flight of 5 rounds. So after this one there will be the last one. Or perhaps just as significantly, before this one there was the third one. Communication is super duper important, don't you think? Bend your ears at this here audio file so that you may hear Marshall reveal the results of his "Kish" round, because you've probably been wondering for the last seven days if the word "bastard" was really used in an actual dictionary definition all normal-like. Also Jen fires up a new word. This episode is THIS amazing!

Hey, it's this thing again! Here's a new weekly episode of the podcast where we play Fictionary, aka "Balderdash", in such a way that shows off our world class creativity, ingenuity, and obnoxiousness. This time we get the results of Ariel's previous "megamere" round, Marshall spins up a new round, and Kai confides in us all about a shocking personal routine of his.

This is the 2nd Episode of the 41st Flight! As promised, we're releasing the first two episodes of our new format on September 1 and 2. So here's the second part of that. In this one, we reveal how Kai's "meline" round turned out from the previous episode, and Ariel kicks off a new round for us all to puzzle over. You will be so delighted that you will turn into a sputtering cloud of beautiful miasma, undulating rhythmically on the horizon for all your coworkers to behold. But it's Labor Day so maybe that won't matter.

Welcome back! Yeah, you! Welcome back to Of Or Pertaining To! This September 1 release is the first of two new episodes dropping on two consecutive days! The second part of this release will be on Monday, September 2, and then we'll release new ones every Monday! This first one is shorter than how future episodes will be. But quit complainin', there's another one right behind! Bob and Marshall and Jenny and Ariel and Kai are back playing Fictionary with their usual out-of-control inventiveness which can perhaps best be described as "indistinguishable from things that boring people despise".