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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 8, 2025 is: bromide • BROH-myde • noun A bromide is a statement intended to make someone feel happier or calmer, but too dull and unoriginal to be effective. // Their speech had nothing more to offer than the usual bromides about how everyone needs to work together. See the entry > Examples: “According to the old bromide, the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. My grandfather, who had limited formal education but a wealth of common sense, countered that with, ‘Just water and fertilize your own grass. After all, it's your grass and you are in charge of how it grows! Besides, that other stuff may be nothing but AstroTurf.'” — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 4 Sept. 2024 Did you know? A bromide is a statement so worn and trite as to be ineffective when it's offered to make someone feel better. Before the sigh-inducing type, though, bromides were most familiar in compounds like potassium bromide, used in the late 19th century as a sedative to treat everything from epilepsy to sleeplessness. (The chemical element bromine had been discovered in 1826.) Such compounds fell from use with the invention of barbiturates in the early 20th century, around the same time that the word bromide started to be applied to anything or anyone dull enough to make one drowsy.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 7, 2025 is: vamoose • vuh-MOOSS • verb Vamoose is an informal word that means "to depart quickly." // With the sheriff hot on their tails, the bank robbers knew they had better vamoose. See the entry > Examples: "... I spotted the culprit, a young racoon, attempting to dislodge one of my feeders. Caught in the act, he ran for his life when I opened the window and told him to vamoose." — Margaret Haylock Capon, The Picton County Weekly News (Ontario, Canada), 19 June 2025 Did you know? In the 1820s and '30s, the American Southwest was rough-and-tumble territory—the true Wild West. English-speaking cowboys, Texas Rangers, and gold prospectors regularly rubbed elbows with Spanish-speaking vaqueros in the local saloons, and a certain amount of linguistic intermixing was inevitable. One Spanish term that caught on with English speakers was vamos, which means "let's go." Cowpokes and dudes alike adopted the word, at first using a range of spellings and pronunciations that varied considerably in their proximity to the original Spanish form. But when the dust settled, the version most American English speakers were using was vamoose.

I read new words that were added to the Oxford (online) Dictionary in March of 2025, specifically from social constructionism to timebox (n).You can learn about Social Constructionism!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionismUse my special link https://zen.ai/thedictionary to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan.Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastrTheme music from Jonah Krauthttps://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/Merchandising!https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube"The Dictionary - Letter F" on YouTubeFeatured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/Backwards Talking on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuqhttps://linktr.ee/spejampardictionarypod@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypodhttps://twitter.com/dictionarypodhttps://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/https://www.patreon.com/spejamparhttps://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar917-727-5757

This week, the crew dives into another wild mix of headlines — from the government pausing SNAP benefits to massive AI-driven layoffs, influencer degrees in China, and a cop stopping for pizza before responding to a shooting. Timestamps • 03:19 | Fun Facts • 18:27 | SNAP Benefits On Hold • 37:09 | AI Job Layoffs • 69:41 | China Wants Influencers to Have Degrees • 84:33 | “67” Named Word of the Year • 90:48 | Cop Stops for Pizza During Shooting Response • 103:32 | If You Could Delete One Human Emotion This Week's Topics SNAP coverage paused for millions → NPR Companies announce 157,000 AI-related job cuts China now requires influencers to have degrees → Economic Times “67” chosen as Dictionary.com's Word of the Year → NPR Cop stops for pizza and ATM before responding to shooting → NBC News Chipotle CEO says Gen Z and Millennials are “too broke and burdened” to eat out → Yahoo Finance Thought Experiment: If you could delete one human emotion to make the world better, what would it be? Listen and join the conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 6, 2025 is: conciliatory • kun-SILL-yuh-tor-ee • adjective Something described as conciliatory is intended to reduce hostility or to gain favor or goodwill. // As the customer's voice rose, the manager adopted a soothing, conciliatory tone and promised that the situation would be remedied. See the entry > Examples: “When I was younger, and my father found me in bed after my mother had said or done something to send me there, he would sit for a moment by my feet and tell me, in an awkward, conciliatory way, that it wasn't my mother's fault. She was sad, and worried, and she had been sad and worried for a long time, so I had to try harder to be a good, thoughtful child.” — Farah Ali, The River, The Town: A Novel, 2025 Did you know? If you are conciliatory toward someone, you're trying to win that person over to your side, usually by making them less angry. The verb conciliate was borrowed into English in the mid-16th century and descends from the Latin verb conciliare, meaning “to assemble, unite, or win over.” Conciliare, in turn, comes from the noun concilium, meaning “assembly” or “council.” Conciliatory, which appeared in English a bit later in the 16th century, also traces back to conciliare, and is used especially to describe things like tones, gestures, and approaches intended to turn someone's frown upside down. Another word that has conciliare as a root is reconcile, the earliest meaning of which is “to restore to friendship or harmony.”

Is today's AI stuck as a "spiky superintelligence," brilliant at some things but clueless at others? This episode pulls back the curtain on a lunchroom full of AI researchers trading theories, strong opinions, and the next big risks on the path to real AGI. Why "Everyone Dies" Gets AGI All Wrong The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies Google's First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different Sam Altman shuts down question about how OpenAI can commit to spending $1.4 trillion while earning billions: 'Enough' How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise Perplexity's new AI tool aims to simplify patent research Kids Turn Podcast Comments Into Secret Chat Rooms, Because Of Course They Do Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane Dictionary.com names 6-7 as 2025's word of the year Tech companies don't care that students use their AI agents to cheat The Morning After: Musk talks flying Teslas on Joe Rogan's show The Hatred of Podcasting | Brace Belden TikTok announces its first awards show in the US Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028 American Museum of Tort Law Dog Chapel - Dog Mountain Nicvember masterlist Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Jeremy Berman Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org spaceship.com/twit monarch.com with code IM

Is today's AI stuck as a "spiky superintelligence," brilliant at some things but clueless at others? This episode pulls back the curtain on a lunchroom full of AI researchers trading theories, strong opinions, and the next big risks on the path to real AGI. Why "Everyone Dies" Gets AGI All Wrong The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies Google's First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different Sam Altman shuts down question about how OpenAI can commit to spending $1.4 trillion while earning billions: 'Enough' How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise Perplexity's new AI tool aims to simplify patent research Kids Turn Podcast Comments Into Secret Chat Rooms, Because Of Course They Do Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane Dictionary.com names 6-7 as 2025's word of the year Tech companies don't care that students use their AI agents to cheat The Morning After: Musk talks flying Teslas on Joe Rogan's show The Hatred of Podcasting | Brace Belden TikTok announces its first awards show in the US Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028 American Museum of Tort Law Dog Chapel - Dog Mountain Nicvember masterlist Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Jeremy Berman Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org spaceship.com/twit monarch.com with code IM

Is today's AI stuck as a "spiky superintelligence," brilliant at some things but clueless at others? This episode pulls back the curtain on a lunchroom full of AI researchers trading theories, strong opinions, and the next big risks on the path to real AGI. Why "Everyone Dies" Gets AGI All Wrong The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies Google's First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different Sam Altman shuts down question about how OpenAI can commit to spending $1.4 trillion while earning billions: 'Enough' How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise Perplexity's new AI tool aims to simplify patent research Kids Turn Podcast Comments Into Secret Chat Rooms, Because Of Course They Do Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane Dictionary.com names 6-7 as 2025's word of the year Tech companies don't care that students use their AI agents to cheat The Morning After: Musk talks flying Teslas on Joe Rogan's show The Hatred of Podcasting | Brace Belden TikTok announces its first awards show in the US Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028 American Museum of Tort Law Dog Chapel - Dog Mountain Nicvember masterlist Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Jeremy Berman Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org spaceship.com/twit monarch.com with code IM

Is today's AI stuck as a "spiky superintelligence," brilliant at some things but clueless at others? This episode pulls back the curtain on a lunchroom full of AI researchers trading theories, strong opinions, and the next big risks on the path to real AGI. Why "Everyone Dies" Gets AGI All Wrong The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies Google's First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different Sam Altman shuts down question about how OpenAI can commit to spending $1.4 trillion while earning billions: 'Enough' How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise Perplexity's new AI tool aims to simplify patent research Kids Turn Podcast Comments Into Secret Chat Rooms, Because Of Course They Do Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane Dictionary.com names 6-7 as 2025's word of the year Tech companies don't care that students use their AI agents to cheat The Morning After: Musk talks flying Teslas on Joe Rogan's show The Hatred of Podcasting | Brace Belden TikTok announces its first awards show in the US Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028 American Museum of Tort Law Dog Chapel - Dog Mountain Nicvember masterlist Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Jeremy Berman Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org spaceship.com/twit monarch.com with code IM

Is today's AI stuck as a "spiky superintelligence," brilliant at some things but clueless at others? This episode pulls back the curtain on a lunchroom full of AI researchers trading theories, strong opinions, and the next big risks on the path to real AGI. Why "Everyone Dies" Gets AGI All Wrong The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies Google's First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different Sam Altman shuts down question about how OpenAI can commit to spending $1.4 trillion while earning billions: 'Enough' How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise Perplexity's new AI tool aims to simplify patent research Kids Turn Podcast Comments Into Secret Chat Rooms, Because Of Course They Do Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane Dictionary.com names 6-7 as 2025's word of the year Tech companies don't care that students use their AI agents to cheat The Morning After: Musk talks flying Teslas on Joe Rogan's show The Hatred of Podcasting | Brace Belden TikTok announces its first awards show in the US Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028 American Museum of Tort Law Dog Chapel - Dog Mountain Nicvember masterlist Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Jeremy Berman Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org spaceship.com/twit monarch.com with code IM

Is today's AI stuck as a "spiky superintelligence," brilliant at some things but clueless at others? This episode pulls back the curtain on a lunchroom full of AI researchers trading theories, strong opinions, and the next big risks on the path to real AGI. Why "Everyone Dies" Gets AGI All Wrong The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies Google's First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different Sam Altman shuts down question about how OpenAI can commit to spending $1.4 trillion while earning billions: 'Enough' How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise Perplexity's new AI tool aims to simplify patent research Kids Turn Podcast Comments Into Secret Chat Rooms, Because Of Course They Do Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane Dictionary.com names 6-7 as 2025's word of the year Tech companies don't care that students use their AI agents to cheat The Morning After: Musk talks flying Teslas on Joe Rogan's show The Hatred of Podcasting | Brace Belden TikTok announces its first awards show in the US Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028 American Museum of Tort Law Dog Chapel - Dog Mountain Nicvember masterlist Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Jeremy Berman Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org spaceship.com/twit monarch.com with code IM

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 5, 2025 is: lout • LOUT • noun A lout is an awkward brutish person. // It was difficult for us to focus on the movie due to the noise coming from the group of louts seated in front of us. See the entry > Examples: “Fortunately for Vince, Jake is about to sell their mother's house, and the proceeds should cover his deep debts. As is often the case with ne'er-do-wells, however, Vince doesn't make anything easy, and [actor Jason] Bateman casts him as an arrogant lout ... who's always playing the angles to his own benefit, damn the damage he causes to everyone else.” — Nick Schager, The Daily Beast, 18 Sept. 2025 Did you know? Lout belongs to a large group of words that we use to indicate a particular sort of offensive and insensitive person, that group also including such terms as boor, oaf, jerk, and churl. English speakers have used lout in this way since the mid-1500s. Well before the 12th century, however, lout functioned as a verb with the meaning “to bow in respect.” No one is quite sure how—or even if—the verb sense developed into a noun meaning “an awkward brutish person.” The noun could have been coined independently, but if its source was the verb, perhaps the awkward posture of one bowing down led over the centuries to the idea that the bowing person was base and awkward as well.

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Today On With Mario Lopez – Actor Dermot Mulroney joins us to talk new movie 'Long Shadows', season 14 of 'Chicago Fire' and more! Plus, Dictionary.com's ridiculous word of the year choice, we dig into our mentions for some controversy and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 4, 2025 is: spontaneous • spahn-TAY-nee-us • adjective Spontaneous describes something that is done or said in a natural and often sudden way and without a lot of thought or planning. It can describe a person who does things that have not been planned but that seem enjoyable and worth doing at a particular time. // The kitten captured our hearts, and we made the spontaneous decision to adopt. // He's a fun and spontaneous guy, always ready for the next big adventure. See the entry > Examples: "The Harlem Renaissance was filled with poetry and song—and with performance, as enshrined in [filmmaker William] Greaves's footage which features many spontaneous, thrillingly theatrical recitations of poems by Bontemps, Hughes, Cullen, and McKay." — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Sept. 2025 Did you know? When English philosopher Thomas Hobbes penned his 1654 treatise Of Libertie and Necessitie he included the following: "all voluntary actions … are called also spontaneous, and said to be done by a man's own accord." Hobbes was writing in English, but he knew Latin perfectly well too, including the source of spontaneous; the word comes (via Late Latin spontāneus, meaning "voluntary, unconstrained") from the Latin sponte, meaning "of one's free will, voluntarily." In modern use, the word spontaneous is frequently heard in more mundane settings, where it often describes what is done or said without a lot of thought or planning.

I read new words that were added to the Oxford (online) Dictionary in March of 2025, specifically from plantation shutter to social construct.Use my special link https://zen.ai/thedictionary to save 30% off your first month of any Zencastr paid plan.Create your podcast today! #madeonzencastrTheme music from Jonah Krauthttps://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/Merchandising!https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube"The Dictionary - Letter F" on YouTubeFeatured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/Backwards Talking on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuqhttps://linktr.ee/spejampardictionarypod@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypodhttps://twitter.com/dictionarypodhttps://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/https://www.patreon.com/spejamparhttps://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar917-727-5757

Show #2531 Show Notes: ‘Tradition’: https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/tradition Mark 7:7 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%207&version=KJV 2 Corinthians 10: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20corinthians%2010&version=KJV 2 Timothy 1:7 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20tim%201%3A7&version=KJV 1 John 4:18 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20john%204%3A18&version=KJV Demon Erasers: https://demonerasers.com/ Demon Erasers on Stew Peters: https://www.facebook.com/reel/812187528190390 2 Corinthians 10:5 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20cor%2010%3A5&version=KJV ‘Imagination’: https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/Imagination Josh Hawley video: […]

Daylight saving has us all in our feelings, so we're lighting a candle and diving headfirst into the pop-culture swirl. We recap Heidiween highlights, break down Lily Allen's diary-level album and the David Harbour conversation around it, and get into the Julia Fox JFK moment, Sabrina Carpenter's MSG Halloween looks, and Prince Andrew's royal fallout. After that, we shift into the real world: layoffs. We unpack what's happening, what to know, and how to turn a job loss into a content-creation launchpad you can actually monetize.Cozy banter, pop gossip, and real steps to take control of your creative career.Timestamps:(0:00) Welcome + Daylight Savings Blues(3:00) Halloween recap + bagel boards + Skip-Bo chaos(8:30) Heidiween + celebrity costume breakdown(13:50) Lily Allen's new album + David Harbour conversation(19:30) Dictionary.com word of the year reaction(22:30) Prince Andrew loses titles: what it means(26:30) Julia Fox + the Jackie Kennedy discourse(30:40) American Horror Story S13 + Ariana Grande back to TV(34:30) Sabrina Carpenter's MSG Halloween looks(38:30) Layoffs + content creation as a new path(44:30) LA plans + cookies + goat cheese ballsLinks:Follow us on: Instagram  and TikTok If you laughed or learned something today, tap follow and share this with a friend who opened up their marriage!Note: Topics involving public figures reflect reporting and online discussion. All details are alleged unless confirmed by primary sources.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 3, 2025 is: fidelity • fuh-DELL-uh-tee • noun Fidelity is the quality or state of being faithful to a person, such as a partner or spouse, or a thing, such as one's country. Fidelity can also refer to accuracy or exactness in details, or the degree to which an electronic device (such as a television) accurately reproduces its effect (such as sound or picture). // After almost three decades on the job, no one can doubt their fidelity to the company. // The movie's director insisted on total fidelity to the book. See the entry > Examples: “The origins of the role [of ring bearer] actually have their roots in ancient Egypt, where a young boy would be enlisted to carry rings to a couple as a symbol of love, fidelity, and fertility.” — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 10 July 2025 Did you know? Fidelity came to English by way of Middle French in the 15th century, and can ultimately be traced back to the Latin adjective fidēlis, meaning “faithful, loyal, trustworthy.” While fidelity was originally exclusively about loyalty, it has for centuries also been used to refer to accuracy, as in “questions about the fidelity of the translation.” Nowadays fidelity is often used in reference to recording and broadcast devices, conveying the idea that a broadcast or recording is “faithful” to the live sound or picture that it reproduces.

T. Kyle and Brad discuss Halloween 2025, Legends Only's 6th anniversary, Dictionary.com choosing “67” as the Word of 2025, the best “I hate gay Halloween” costumes, including Cynthia Erivo's “the concept” and nail, Fr00dle's Madeline, celeb costumes like Lily Allen's Madeline, Heidi Klum's Medusa, Madonna's Michael Myers / Doña Florinda, Belinda and Jade go Gremlins, Christina Aguilera shipwrecked, Tyla as Nevaeh's viral laughing GIF, Demi Lovato as Poot Lovato, trailers for ‘Scream 7,' the final season of ‘Stranger Things,' and the ‘Hello Kitty' movie, Mariah Carey's “It's Time” promo with Sephora, Zara Larsson kicking off her tour, Danity Kane's mystery tour, High Fashion Editorial! featuring Addison Rae's touch merch and Trisha “Anna who?” Paytas on ‘Watch What Happens Live,' TikTok Talk featuring Stacey Rusch on QVC, the gay who fell live on QVC, Laura Loves New York, Grace, new music from Rosalía, Björk and Yves Tumor, Demi Lovato's “Frequency” sounding like Heidi Montag, and Taylor Swift shaking at KPOP Demon Hunters coming for her on the charts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A particularly useful and interesting episode for you today - a conversation about English words which are very similar, but crucially, not the same. My guest Eli Burnstein is the author of “Dictionary of Fine Distinctions” - a book which aims to bring clarity to English words. Expect a funny discussion about subtle shades of meaning between words like poison & venom, accuracy & precision, envy & jealousy and many others. Eli is Canadian, now living in London and so he also shares some key features of Canadian English.

Was this a prank?! Anna found an empty shot of Fireball outside her house! She thinks it was either construction workers or it fell out of the truck! Are you up to date on this week's biggest news story? Anna and Raven will get you caught up on the trending news including the Los Angeles Dodgers are Back-to-Back 2025 World Series Champions against the Toronto Blue Jays! And Billie Eilish told billionaires and millionaires to donate their money to those who struggle. What happened this past Halloween? This one guy passed out things that teenagers would specifically like! Raven thought he broke his arm! And describes how his magical chair impacted his wife Halloween night! Anna went trick-or-treating with her kids and nieces! What did their cousins do?! Halloween night can be creepy and crazy! Callers talk about what happened on their holiday night! Anna also adds that she was scared to do any mischief! Dictionary.com has named the numbers “6 7” Word of the Year! Anna and Raven decide to go back to the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s to talk about slang from those generations! Raven throws a Spooktacular Trick-or-Treating experience at his house every Halloween! He and his neighborhood weren't hopeful! But how did it go?! Crappy Candy Recap! Someone handed out potatoes this year and the kids loved it! Anna and Raven share what they would want in their Trick-or-Treat bag!  Listeners also talk about what the worst thing they put in their child's bag?! Anna made someone's dog barked when they heard her on-air! A scream club also made the dogs howl! Anna and Raven share what their dogs bark at! And callers also share sounds that make their pup go nuts! Megan and Christopher's daughter is turning five and she's asked for a bouncy house to have at their home. The one she picked out is $600. Mom says she just wants to get it and then they'll have it forever. Dad says he's never heard of a bigger waste of money. She's going to be over it in a week, it's seasonal, and won't fit in their home, and it's a liability for any kids that get in it and possibly get hurt. Would you buy it? Rachel has a chance to win $2500! All she has to do is answer pop culture questions than Raven in Can't Beat Raven!

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 2, 2025 is: arbitrary • AHR-buh-trair-ee • adjective Arbitrary describes something that is not planned or chosen for a particular reason, is not based on reason or evidence, or is done without concern for what is fair or right. // Because the committee wasn't transparent about the selection process, the results of the process appeared to be wholly arbitrary. // An arbitrary number will be assigned to each participant. See the entry > Examples: “The authority of the crown, contemporaries believed, was instituted by God to rule the kingdom and its people. England's sovereign was required to be both a warrior and a judge, to protect the realm from external attack and internal anarchy. To depose the king, therefore, was to risk everything—worldly security and immortal soul—by challenging the order of God's creation. Such devastatingly radical action could never be justified unless kingship became tyranny: rule by arbitrary will rather than law, threatening the interests of kingdom and people instead of defending them.” — Helen Castor, The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV, 2024 Did you know? Donning black robes and a powdered wig to learn about arbitrary might seem to be an arbitrary—that is, random or capricious—choice, but it would in fact jibe with the word's etymology. Arbitrary comes from the Latin noun arbiter, which means “judge” and is the source of the English word arbiter, also meaning “judge.” In English, arbitrary first meant “depending upon choice or discretion” and was specifically used to indicate the sort of decision (as for punishment) left up to the expert determination of a judge rather than defined by law. Today, it can also be used for anything determined by or as if by chance or whim.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 1, 2025 is: ostracize • AH-struh-syze • verb To ostracize someone is to exclude them from a group by the agreement of the group's members. // She was ostracized by her community after refusing to sign the petition. See the entry > Examples: "Telling stories with affection and noodging, [comedian Sarah] Silverman has always been encouraged by her family, who embraced rather than ostracized her for revealing family secrets on the way to reaping howls of laughter." — Thelma Adams, The Boston Globe, 19 May 2025 Did you know? In ancient Greece, citizens whose power or influence threatened the stability of the state could be exiled by a practice involving voters writing that person's name down on a potsherd—a fragment of earthenware or pottery. Those receiving enough votes would then be subject to temporary exile from the state. Ostracize comes from the Greek verb ostrakízein (itself from the noun óstrakon meaning "potsherd"), used in 5th century Athens for the action of banishing someone by way of such a vote. Someone ostracized today is not exiled, but instead is excluded from a group by the agreement of the group's members.

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What horror movie should you watch based on your zodiac sign? Rocky Horror Picture Show? Friday the 13th? Find out! Jesse Eisenberg plans to altruistically donate his kidney. Hopefully he doesn't expect to be invited to the recipient's wedding. Dictionary.com adds the gen alpha phenomenon 67 as the world of the year… we have questions. Can GLP-1 help with long COVID? Would a 6lb iPhone keep you from using it too much? This Kickstarter plans to find out.

What horror movie should you watch based on your zodiac sign? Rocky Horror Picture Show? Friday the 13th? Find out! Jesse Eisenberg plans to altruistically donate his kidney. Hopefully he doesn't expect to be invited to the recipient's wedding. Dictionary.com adds the gen alpha phenomenon 67 as the world of the year… we have questions. Can GLP-1 help with long COVID? Would a 6lb iPhone keep you from using it too much? This Kickstarter plans to find out. It's time for another installment of Bridge The Gap! Sarah and Vinnie are joined today by two very special guests from Alice's sister stations. Whose generation will prevail? Don't wait to eat your caramel apples - OR ELSE! Vinnie's telling us how much we truly spend on Halloween. Worth every penny. These stories are too disturbing to be random. From Brittany Murphy's mysterious death to John Lennon, Princess Diana, and Mark Twain all predicting their own deaths! Plus, the actor who called wolf! Here's how to plan your Halloween evening based on the sunset. How do you handle a spider in the house? Psychopaths have different brains - duh. Most people who think they can't tolerate gluten might be wrong. The Louvre robbers have been 1-upped. A monkey got loose in a Spirit Halloween - is it a bit? Sarah is pumped for her Halloween jam session tonight. Still looking for spooky content? Here is the best horror movie from each year for the last 20 years. The scariest thing in Bob's house is the number of remotes she has to use. The internet is divulging their favorite secret meals. The theme seems to be spaghetti and sardines. Plus, when did that happen: Halloween Edition!

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 31, 2025 is: hobgoblin • HAHB-gahb-lin • noun A hobgoblin is a mischievous goblin that plays tricks in children's stories. When used figuratively, hobgoblin refers to something that causes fear or worry. // This Halloween we were greeted at our door by werewolves, mummies, and a wide assortment of sweet-toothed hobgoblins. See the entry > Examples: “Vampires and zombies took a big bite out of the horror box office in Sinners and 28 Years Later, and with Del Toro's Frankenstein hitting theaters next week, it would seem that a return to classic marquee monsters is one of the stories of this summer's movie season. But there's one old-school hobgoblin that's lurking around the edges of this narrative, omnipresent, repeated across a number of notable new titles, but still somehow avoiding the limelight: the witch ...” — Payton McCarty-Simas, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2025 Did you know? While a goblin is traditionally regarded in folklore as a grotesque, evil, and malicious creature, a hobgoblin tends to be more of a playful troublemaker. (The character of Puck from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream might be regarded as one.) First appearing in English in the early 1500s, hobgoblin combined goblin (ultimately from the Greek word for “rogue,” kobalos) with hob, a word from Hobbe (a nickname for Robert) that was used both for clownish louts and rustics and in fairy tales for a mischievous sprite or elf. The American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson famously applied the word's extended sense in his essay Self-Reliance: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”

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In this episode of Mutuality Matters, hosted by CBE International, Dr. Joel B. Green joins the conversation to discuss the importance of Bible translation and interpretation, emphasizing the inclusion of women in the process. Dr. Green, a seasoned Bible scholar and faculty administrator, shares his extensive career and insights on the subject. He underscores the necessity of diverse perspectives in translation teams, discusses common biases in Bible translations, and offers advice on how English readers can detect and overcome these biases. The episode also delves into the significance of various successful Bible translations, the training of translators, and the impact of denominational and gender diversity on the integrity of translations.  00:00 Introduction to Mutuality Matters  00:38 Meet Dr. Joel Green  02:22 Joel Green's Academic Journey  05:38 Challenges in Bible Scholarship  06:48 The Importance of Women in Bible Translation  12:23 Overcoming Translation Bias  19:38 Training and Selecting Bible Translators  27:13 Successful Bible Translations  34:38 Conclusion and Call to Action    Guest Bio  Joel B. Green joined Fuller's faculty in 2007 and has served several administrative posts: associate dean for the Center for Advanced Theological Studies (2008–2016, 2019–present), dean of the School of Theology (2014–2018), and provost (2016–2018). Prior to coming to Fuller, Dr. Green served for ten years at Asbury Theological Seminary as professor of New Testament interpretation, as dean of the School of Theology, and as provost. Previous faculty and academic-administrative appointments include the American Baptist Seminary of the West / Graduate Theological Union (1992–1997) and New College for Advanced Christian Studies Berkeley (1985–1992).  Green has written or edited some 55 books, including 8 that have won awards: Connections: A Lectionary Commentary for Preaching and Worship, Year C, Volume 1, Advent through Epiphany (with Thomas Long, Luke Powery, and Cynthia Rigby, 2018), Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (2nd ed., 2013), Common English Bible Study Bible (2013), Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (2011), In Search of the Soul: Four Views of the Mind-Body Problem (2nd ed., 2010), Introducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology (with Paul J. Achtemeier and Marianne Meye Thompson, 2001), The Gospel of Luke (1997), and Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (with Scot McKnight, 1992). Among his recent publications are Discovering Luke (2021), Luke as Narrative Theologian (2020), Conversion in Luke-Acts: Divine Initiative, Human Cognition, and the People of God (2015), Why Salvation? (2013), and The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social and Historical Contexts (with Lee Martin McDonald, 2013).  He is the editor of the New International Commentary on the New Testament, as well as the Two Horizons New Testament Commentary, and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Theological Interpretation, Theology and Science, and Science and Christian Belief. Green has been elected to membership in both Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS) and the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR).  Green has 12 years of pastoral ministry experience.  Related Resources  Intersectionality: Words Matter! Freedom through Lectionary and Bible Translation with Rev. Dr. Wilda C. Gafney: https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/intersectionality-words-matter/    Women and Words: Comparing Bible Translations with Rev. Dr. Aída Besançon Spencer:   https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/women-and-words-comparing-bible-translations/    Women and Words: Exploring Women's Biblical Equality Through Bible Translation with Dr. Roy Ciampa  https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/women-and-words-exploring-womens-biblical-equality-through-bible-translation/    Disclaimer  The opinions expressed in CBE's Mutuality Matters' podcast are those of its hosts or guests and do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of CBE International or its members or chapters worldwide. The designations employed in this podcast and the presentation of content therein do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of CBE concerning the legal status of any country, area or territory or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers. 

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It's the Friday News Round up. We offer our guide to Philly's election next week and explain why these races matter to the city and state. We tell you where to get free food in the city as SNAP benefits run out. Plus, the Philadelphia Parking Authority may renovate the intercity bus terminal and move it back to Filbert Street!?! Host Trenae Nuri and executive producer Matt Katz talk about these stories, where to trick-or-treat, and the viral phrase “6-7.” Our Friday News Roundups are powered by great local journalism:  City Cast Philly Election Guide In case after case, a Philly judge's behavior and decisions came under fire Your guide to Philadelphia's $91 million streetlight replacement project More than $7 million has poured into the Pa. Supreme Court judicial retention election so far Where To Find Food Pantries in Philly An ‘exuberantly eclectic' new building is set to open at Chestnut Hill's Woodmere Museum Why abortion is front and center in Democrats' messaging on Pa. judicial retention Dictionary.com's 2025 Word of the Year Is… Greyhound bus terminal will return to Filbert Street after two years of tumult Get Philly news & events in your inbox with our newsletter: Hey Philly Call or text us: 215-259-8170 We're also on Instagram: @citycastphilly And don't forget—you can support this show and get great perks by becoming a City Cast Philly Neighbor at membership.citycast.fm. Learn more about the sponsors of this October 31st episode: Penn Live Arts Advertise on the podcast or in the newsletter: citycast.fm/advertise

Dictionary dot com’s new word of the year has so many of us scratching our heads. But did you know the origins of the phrase, it may have you reconsidering the use by the Gen Alpha in your life! It’s also a healthy reminder of our place in this world!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dictionary dot com’s new word of the year has so many of us scratching our heads. But did you know the origins of the phrase, it may have you reconsidering the use by the Gen Alpha in your life! It’s also a healthy reminder of our place in this world!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dictionary dot com’s new word of the year has so many of us scratching our heads. But did you know the origins of the phrase, it may have you reconsidering the use by the Gen Alpha in your life! It’s also a healthy reminder of our place in this world!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 30, 2025 is: truculent • TRUCK-yuh-lunt • adjective Truculent describes a person who is easily annoyed and eager to argue or fight. It can also describe the mood or attitude of such a person. // The approach of multiple deadlines had put me in a truculent mood, and I could tell my colleagues were avoiding me. See the entry > Examples: “It's the holidays, and strings of gaudy rainbow lights twinkle from gables. In cozy living rooms, the elders doze in their chairs while middle-aged siblings bicker and booze it up around the dining table. Little kids squirm in makeshift beds trying to stay awake for Santa, while truculent teenagers sneak out into the suburban night to do secret teenager things.” — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 24 May 2024 Did you know? English speakers adopted truculent from Latin in the mid-16th century, trimming truculentus, a form of the Latin adjective trux, meaning “savage,” and keeping the word's meaning. Apparently in need of a new way to describe what is cruel and fierce, they applied truculent both to brutal things (wars, for example) and people (such as tyrants). Eventually even a plague could be truculent. In current use, though, the word has lost much of its etymological fierceness. It now typically describes the sort of person who is easily annoyed and eager to argue, or language that is notably harsh.

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How good is Hudson at Pac-Man? Also, did this former NFL player cross the line with this plane ritual? We talk about Jim Morrison skiing down Mount Everest's North Face, Dicitionary.com naming 6-7 as Word of the Year, and lots more!

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With the government shutdown in its fifth week, the uncertainty is affecting many military families who are left wondering if their paychecks will stop or if food aid may end. CBS News' Omar Villafranca reports on how families are coping. The top city prosecutor in Washington, D.C., claims an ATM provider is enabling a crypto scam where victims think they're protecting their money by buying bitcoin. CBS News' Ash-har Quraishi spoke to a woman who says she was a victim of the scam. Dictionary.com announced on Wednesday that it had chosen "67," pronounced "six seven" as its word of the year. The slang phrase is very popular among teens and kids. CBS News' Vlad Duthiers has more. "The Pink Jet," a nonprofit organization, is on a new mission to empower those battling breast cancer, promote screenings and raise money to find a cure. CBS News' Natalie Morales has more. It has been 30 years since the classic movie "Clueless" was released. The film is beloved for its characters and iconic costumes, which are the subject of a new book called "The Fashion of Clueless." The movie's costume designer Mona May wrote the book and joined "CBS Mornings" to talk about it and how she developed the individual style of each character. Actor Diane Lane stars in the new film "Anniversary," which follows the Taylor family as they find themselves caught in a controversial rising political movement. Lane joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about the movie and what she wants people to take away from it. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 29, 2025 is: deliquesce • del-ih-KWESS • verb Deliquesce can mean "to dissolve or melt away" or, in reference to some fungal structures (such as mushroom gills), "to become soft or liquid with age or maturity." // The mushrooms deliquesced into an inky fluid. See the entry > Examples: "He would mould his figures in full in wax, then take a hot knife and—like a metaphysical surgeon—cut away triangles, rhomboids, flaps and scraps, until only a latticework was left. These new shapeshifting figures comprised more gaps than joins: bodies in the delicate, arduous process of shedding their skins, scattering into metal petals, being eroded and deliquesced. Things were freshly able to pass through these painstakingly hard-to-cast bronzes: light, air, sight." — Robert Macfarlane, Apollo, 1 May 2025 Did you know? Deliquesce comes from the prefix de- ("from, down, away") and a form of the Latin verb liquēre, meaning "to be fluid." Things that deliquesce, it could be said, turn to mush in more ways than one. In scientific contexts, a substance that deliquesces absorbs moisture from the atmosphere until it dissolves in the absorbed water and forms a solution. When plants and fungi deliquesce, they lose rigidity as they age. When deliquesce is used in non-scientific contexts, it is often in a figurative or humorous way to suggest the act of "melting away" under exhaustion, heat, or idleness, as in "teenagers deliquescing in 90-degree temperatures."