An Assemblage of Grandiose and Bombastic Grandiloquents

About An Assemblage of Grandiose and Bombastic Grandiloquents

Do you take great pleasure out of using large and obscure words that no one understands? Perhaps you enjoy peppering a strange adjective into a work email, or finding a new verb to pursue as a hobby? Or perhaps you’re a seasoned logophile such as myself. Well, this is surely the podcast for you. An Assemblage of Grandiose and Bombastic Grandiloquents brings together all the world’s most interesting, bizarre, and fascinating language to teach you a new word every day. On Monday, we discuss interesting insults - brand new ways to disparage those who taunt you. On Tuesdays, it’s Konichiwa, bonjour, and hola to words that are not from our native English language. On wild card Wednesdays, you’ll be presented with something odd and strange, unlikely to be a word you’ve ever heard before, and Thursdays we turn to plants and animals for linguistic inspiration. Finally, Fridays find philias and phobias - all your favourite obsessions and worst fears. Itching for more auditory pleasure? We know you are! Search An Assemblage of Grandiose and Bombastic Grandiloquents on any good podcatcher to find more, and learn something new today! Or find us at thatsnotcanon.com to learn more. We can’t wait to explore the wonderful world of words with you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

That's Not Canon Productions

Category

education · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Apr 2020

Latest episode

18 Jan 2021

Latest episodes

80 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Jan 2021

   Narwhal

   Ahoy, my sea whisperers, and welcome back! Today we go to the depths of the Arctic seas, to explore a creature both mystical and beautiful - sometimes referred to as the sea unicorn, today’s word is: narwhal. A narwhal is a type of whale found in Canadian Arctic, Greenlandian, and Russian waters, that is distinctive due to the tusk that protrudes from its head. It is, in fact, a canine tooth that projects from the left side of the upper jaw, through the lip, and forms a left-handed helix spiral. The tusk is found in around fifteen percent of female narwhals but is far less common. It has been deduced that the tusk has no critical function, as females live to be the same age or longer, but proposed functions include use of the tusk as a weapon, for opening breathing holes in sea ice, in feeding, and as an acoustic organ. They have been known to dive as deep as 800 meters up to fifteen times a day, and have been recorded diving as deep as 1500 meters, one of the deepest known dives of all marine animals. Narwhals do not have a dorsal fin, which is perhaps an evolutionary adaptation to swimming easily under ice, to facilitate rolling, or to reduce surface area and heat loss. The word ‘narwhal’ comes from the Old Norse word ‘nár’, meaning ‘corpse’ and ‘hvalr’ meaning ‘whale’. This is supposedly in reference to the whale’s pigmentation, which is grey and mottled, similar to that of a drowned sailor. Adding to the comparison of this cheery image is the narwhal’s summertime habit of ‘logging’, where the whale will lie still at or near the surface of the sea. The scientific name, ‘Monodon monoceros’, is of Greek derivation, and means ‘one-tooth, one-horn’, where ‘mono’ means ‘one’, ‘don’ means ‘tooth’ - as in orthodontist, and ‘ceros’ means ‘horn’ - as in rhinoceros. (the ‘rhino’ in rhinoceros means ‘nose’ as in ‘rhinoplasty’.) Isn’t language wonderful? Written by Taylor Davidson, Read by Zane C Weber Subscribe to us on ITUNES (https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/glass-of-whine/id1434970940), STITCHER (https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=229046&refid=stpr), SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/show/197nZ8UzMc0FM4e5rRYOqG?si=B5W6Moj-QYK1IMoS7c0JOg), or your podcatcher of choice (https://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/castologypodcast?format=rss). Find us on FACEBOOK (https://www.facebook.com/castology) or TWITTER (https://twitter.com/castology) Become a Patron of That’s Not Canon Productions at Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27166353) Email us at Grandiloquentspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:Grandiloquentspodcast@gmail.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   13 Jan 2021

   Anthropophilia

   Good day to you, sparkling people of the word, and welcome back! Today’s word is for my social butterflies, my people persons, and my extroverts. Don’t worry my darling, introverts, you can listen to this one too, but today’s word might not be one you associate with, as today’s word is: anthropophilia. Anthropophilia is a biological word which means ‘to prefer human beings over animals.’ More specifically, it can refer to a parasite or dermatophyte preferring humans over animals, such as mosquitoes, who prefer the blood of humans, or dermatophytic fungi, that prefers to grow on humans. It can also refer to animals that prefer to live close to humans rather than in nature, such as geckoes or cockroaches. The word ‘anthropophilia’ comes from the Ancient Greek ‘anthropo’ meaning ‘man or human’ and ‘philia’ meaning ‘fraternal love’, thus, the love of humans. Cute? Gross? You be the judge. Sexual anthropophilia is a sexual attraction to humans developed by birds or mammals who imprint when being raised by humans in close contact. One example is a female giant panda from the London Zoo named Chi Chi, who refused to mate with a male panda when taken to the Moscow Zoo, but made a ‘full sexual self-presentation’ to a zookeeper. A similar word, ‘anthophilia’, is used to refer to the colloquial ‘furries’, or ‘sexual attraction to non-human but humanoid creatures’. Urban Dictionary states that ‘extreme cases of anthrophilia cause the impure to disregard gender when it comes to their sexual preference, and may cause them to find human men/women boring in comparison thereby removing sexuality from humans.’ Hopefully that made more sense to you than it did to me. Isn’t language wonderful? Written by Taylor Davidson, Read by Zane C Weber Subscribe to us on ITUNES (https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/glass-of-whine/id1434970940), STITCHER (https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=229046&refid=stpr), SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/show/197nZ8UzMc0FM4e5rRYOqG?si=B5W6Moj-QYK1IMoS7c0JOg), or your podcatcher of choice (https://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/castologypodcast?format=rss). Find us on FACEBOOK (https://www.facebook.com/castology) or TWITTER (https://twitter.com/castology) Become a Patron of That’s Not Canon Productions at Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27166353) Email us at Grandiloquentspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:Grandiloquentspodcast@gmail.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   13 Jan 2021

   Impignorate

   Hello my little lambs, and thanks for being with me once again! Today I ask you to dig out your valuables, take down those old paintings, and find that weird tchotchke Nanna gave you for your sixteenth birthday, because who knows? It might be worth something. We may just find out as we explore today’s word: impignorate. Impignorate is a word meaning ‘to pawn or mortgage something’ and comes from the Latin ‘pignoration’, which is from ‘pignoratio’ from ‘pignerate’ meaning ‘to pledge’. For example, you might say, ‘I wish to impignorate this weird tchotchke from my Nanna, as I cannot tell whether it is a naked lady or a melted Empire State Building, and I would prefer the money in any case.’ Next time, perhaps think to clarify with your Nanna when she gives it to you. Robert Louis Stevenson, uses the word in what might be called a fair better example, used here in a letter to a friend from Honolulu in 1889: ‘I have got the yacht paid off in triumph, I think; and though we stay here impignorate, it should not be for long, even if you bring us no extra help from home.’ A similar word, ‘pawn’ means ‘to pledge, stake or wager’ comes from Middle French ‘pan’ meaning ‘pledge or security’ and is comparable to Middle Dutch ‘pant’, and Old High German ‘pfant’. Similarly, there is ‘hock’ meaning ‘to leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan’, which comes from the Dutch word ‘hok’ meaning ‘hutch, hovel, jail, pen, or doghouse’. It’s also comparable to the Middle English ‘hukken’ meaning ‘to sell; peddle; sell at auction’. Anyone else ready for an episode of ‘Pawn Stars’, the reality TV series from 2009 that ran for a whole seventeen seasons? Yep, me too. Isn’t language wonderful? Written by Taylor Davidson, Read by Zane C Weber Subscribe to us on ITUNES (https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/glass-of-whine/id1434970940), STITCHER (https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=229046&refid=stpr), SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/show/197nZ8UzMc0FM4e5rRYOqG?si=B5W6Moj-QYK1IMoS7c0JOg), or your podcatcher of choice (https://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/castologypodcast?format=rss). Find us on FACEBOOK (https://www.facebook.com/castology) or TWITTER (https://twitter.com/castology) Become a Patron of That’s Not Canon Productions at Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27166353) Email us at Grandiloquentspodcast@gmail.com (mailto:Grandiloquentspodcast@gmail.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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