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robwords.bsky.social

YouTube word nerd.

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@alanconnor.bsky.social Hi Alan, big fan here. I have a popular YouTube channel about words (youtube.com/robwords) and want to make a video in which I complete an entire crossword. As a setter, how would you feel about someone doing that with one of your puzzles? Delighted or furious?

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Hear hear, Jess! It has been - and continues to be - an absolute blast, pal. Shoutout to editor @martynmnw.bsky.social for making us look more slick than we actually are. Thank you so much if you've subscribed.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

🍆 How did our naughty bits get their names? 🍆 Watch me blush as @jesszafarris.bsky.social and I discuss that question and many more in an episode filled with BODY ETYMOLOGY. youtu.be/c1PM3kbeOYY

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

🎥 𐐤𐐭 𐑂𐐮𐐼𐐨𐐬! 🎥 𐐆𐑌 𐑄𐐮𐑅 𐐶𐐲𐑌, 𐐌 𐐮𐐿𐑅𐐹𐑊𐐬𐑉 𐑁𐐴𐑂 𐑁𐐩𐑊𐐼 𐐲𐐻𐐯𐑋𐐹𐐻𐑅 𐐻𐐭 reinvent 𐑄 𐐆𐑍𐑀𐑊𐐮𐑇 𐐰𐑊𐑁𐐰𐐺𐐯𐐻. 🎥 NEW VIDEO! 🎥 In this one, I explore five failed attempts to reinvent the English alphabet. 𐐎𐐪𐐽 𐐸𐐨𐑉: Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

submitted 15 days ago • 9 comments

Do as the gentleman says, please.

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Subscribe to my newsletter to avoid missing out on stuff like this list of old words for anus. robwords.com/newsletter

submitted 25 days ago • 5 comments

Hopefully, none of you are going to totally hate me for this one. Here's my new video about bogus grammar rules for you to sink your teeth into. Ain't nobody NOT got time for this: youtu.be/BccyQaNKXz8?...

submitted 29 days ago • 10 comments

You'll be sick as a beetle if you don't watch.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

"Let's get away from pulling boners and back onto screwing pooches" The next Words Unravelled - out Wednesday - features @jesszafarris.bsky.social at her vulgar best. Subscribe so you don't miss it: 🎥 youtube.com/@wordsunravelled 🔈 podfollow.com/words-unrave...

submitted 34 days ago • 4 comments

If you're looking for something gentle to watch, a pal of mine has just started a YouTube channel about auctioning off unique bits and bobs. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

And a fart bird in a pear treeeee 🎄🎶

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

We talked about the word "doff" (as in doffing one's cap) being a contraction of "do off" the other day on the podcast, and someone pointed out that its opposite, "don," is also similarly a contraction of "do on." Amazing!

submitted 81 days ago • 8 comments

This is one of my favourite episodes. All Smiths, Wrights, Tailors, Carpenters and Butchers take note. And everyone else, just enjoy the onslaught of nerdy facts about our names for jobs and trades. youtu.be/L8QXVs2DNFk?...

submitted 82 days ago • 2 comments

Many of Pedro Carolino's botched phrases from 'English As She Is Spoke' deserve to be on t-shirts. So I've had a go. Enjoy. CRAUNCH THE MARMOSET US: tinyurl.com/craunchmarmo... EU: tinyurl.com/CraunchEU THIS GIRL HAVE A BEAUTY EDGE US: tinyurl.com/USbeautyedge EU: tinyurl.com/abeautyedge

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

"These peaches make me and to come water in mouth 🍑" "I take a broth all morning" Pedro Carolino couldn't speak English. But that didn't stop him writing a guide to the language for Portuguese speakers. The resulting phrasebook is hilarious, and the focus of my 🎥NEW VIDEO🎥 youtu.be/hXfeh0Rf5gI

submitted 85 days ago • 4 comments

What's stopping you‽

submitted 89 days ago • 2 comments

In the latest episode of our disruptive podcast, @jesszafarris.bsky.social and I leverage our synergy to open the kimono on corporate jargon. Please watch and empower us to become the 800-pound gorillas of the podding world. youtu.be/ZqBYXlunxds?...

submitted 96 days ago • 4 comments

Welcome, lovely new folks! I write books (Once Upon a Word + Words from Hell), cohost a podcast about word origins with @robwords.bsky.social (Words Unravelled), and run a TikTok channel (@ jesszafarris)—all about etymology. Follow me here to snack on cheery, bite-sized word facts!

submitted 100 days ago • 2 comments

The clocks in German railway stations make a mockery of time.

submitted 103 days ago • 6 comments

New wordy nerdy video for you. In which @jesszafarris.bsky.social and I ponder what a pawn and a rook actually are♟️ and who the devil Jack was ♠️ youtu.be/vBa8CIltJ24

submitted 103 days ago • 2 comments

Excited to find my pod-ner in crime @jesszafarris.bsky.social over here already. 👋 Puns are allowed in the new system, right?

submitted 104 days ago • 4 comments