Linda doesn't love all doggos, or even puppers, but she'll never reveal her breed ranking. We research the origins of the internet's favorite word and realize this podcast is el doggo. Linda can't find Youtube and tells us to w...
We squeeze in a few more end-of-2017 lists because how can we resist the best sentences and most popular dog names of the year? Also, we reveal the trendiest baby name in U.S. history; you won't believe it. If you're planning t...
IT'S CHRISTMAS! We know you woke up early and gathered your family to listen to this episode. Big news: The name Aryan catapulted to #32 for baby boys in 2017. Happy birthday, Jesus. Everything is terrible. By the way, the most...
Brian is ruining the podcast and Morgan is in a German immersion program. We throw out our best guesses for "Word of the Year" and reflect on how naive we were just a year ago. The Economist asks, "r the kidz ruining writing?" ...
On this episode: Linda helps a listener out by distinguishing formal job titles from stupid job titles. Morgan moonlights as a Dr., but not in the Jill Biden way and we finally find out, “What is Coco thinking???” A...
It's holiday card season, and that means one thing: We find out that all our friends and family members don't know how to write their own names. NO APOSTROPHES. There is no such thing as a lawyer dog, but for some reason, polic...
We record on Friday the 13th and things get spooky, so don't clip your nails! We take a long, disturbing look at what Facebook considers hate speech while taking even longer looks at celeb butts on Instagram. We also learn th...
Were you a BSB, 98°, or N*SYNC fan? And how committed were you? In this ep we discuss:
• Linda's interest in a *current* TV show
• The newest words to make the cut at Merriam Webster AKA who's off the schneid
• W...
On this episode: Looking for a new gig? This one’s for you. We break down annoying words and phrases to delete from your resume (no, we’re not doing the accents over resume); how to address a cover letter to—gasp!...
On this episode: A studio makeover throws us off our game, but we push through to discuss the emoji that’s the symbol of our time, the USC–UCLA fight over the spelling of Shakespeare (dorks) and the 10 things you probab...
Did you know that once you go on the internet you're not nice anymore? We make this important discovery when talking about the over-correcting of online grammar. We also learn that both Morgan AND Linda have been tricked by fak...
Hi to our new listeners! On this ep, we dive back into the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), discuss whether owls are solemn and stupid or wise lollipop lovers, and try not to throw up our boots. We also cover imp...
On this episode: I guess we can’t record too far in advance because our story about Anthony Scaramucci is now as relevant as your most clever and colorful AIM profile. Enjoy our mocking story anyway. Also, how do you laug...
Welcome to our stupid Titanic podcast. On this episode we discuss sad lady stuff starting with, is the Old Grey Lady sexist? We defend uptalk (question mark implied) and dive deep into how Linda got so smart. Plus, proper "to...
Who is a bigger mixtape nerd: Brian, who crafted works of art for girls who didn't care, or Linda, who made an entire "My Heart Will Go On" cassette? They're both dorks, and they're both Xennials. New York Times reporters stand...
Brian moved his seat in the studio, got laser eye surgery and switched from a Mac to a PC. After marveling at these major changes, we answer a listener question about ellipses. Apparently all we care about are email sign-offs, ...
Remember the Tan Mom? We do. Anyway, guess who uses more semicolons: literary types or us normals. If you're about to get a dog, think long and hard about the name so your pup isn't a basic bitch (literally). Listener Anna emai...
The tres drunk word nerds record on Cinco de Mayo and it's a margarita fueled bonanza. We cover the hilarity of the K sound, English words with Spanish roots, and foreign words we should adapt ASAP. Linda also teaches us about ...
After discussing musicals and Morgan's 7th-grade choir career (not impeded by her back brace), the team does a deep-dive into corporate robot language, per your constant requests for more workplace jargon coverage. And since we...
We dive right into our recent switch to bi-weekly casts. Or is it bi-monthly? Everyone is STILL doing emails wrong. Did you know you're supposed to print them? Men need to step up and start saying sorry and Linda shares her dre...
On this episode: The gang announces some format changes but don’t worry, it’s still an email podcast! We break down more stuff you shouldn’t be saying (typing) and get into the AP updates. Also, Morgan has a f...
Morgan and Linda don't possess the brainpower required of daughters-in-law when they communicate with their in-laws. Terminology matters when it comes to healthcare plans, but mostly we debate if "healthcare" should be one word...
This is the second episode we recorded in one night, so temper your expectations. Morgan loathes business jargon, so never tell her that you're going to ideate how to architect a plan for decontenting. She also was never a trac...
Abbreviations can be confusing: Is the BFD commissioner a big fucking deal commissioner or a Buffalo Fire Department commissioner? Or possibly both? Love is the most popular reaction on Facebook, but Brian and Linda cast doubt ...
It's our 51st episode, and we're talkin' emails. That's right—again. A study finally tells us which email sign-off is best. Thanks, science. We discuss four types of introversion and determine that Linda is all of them, and B...
Linda needs a baby bathrobe and she needs it now! In this episode, we cover the Nordic face off of hygge vs kalsarikannit. Also, we basically discuss filler words that you should cut out of your writing each and every time in o...
On this episode: It’s a theme show! The DDD crew talks dictionary and are joined by a very special guest, Linda’s husband! We wax poetic about everybody’s favorite badass word curator, Merriam-Webster, and hav...
Up your protest-sign game. We delve into the proper definitions of political terms and explain the difference between alternate facts and alternative facts.
Join us as we look back on Jock Jams and internet speak that's past its prime. We cover enthralling topics like snake pregnancy. And whose style will reign supreme: US or UK? Find out if you're giving Realtors the respect they ...
On this episode: It’s Baba Vanga’s world. We’re all just living in it. [powerpress] Check out our new store! Show your word nerd pride and support your favorite podcast. Get all the goods at shop.drunk...
Vacay, meh, fashionista and about 20 other words first uttered/recorded in 1992 are turning 25. Being "mom" is cool, so all DDD fans are MOMMMM. We break down historic vs. historical and explain what the heck a retronym is. Plu...
Barack Obama is a double-spacer, so we're over him. Canadians say "eh" because they're the nicest versions of all of us. yet another popular podcast scams our stories, according to Morgan. It's cool because we love Hidden Brain...
Dan Gross from Elevated Nation joins the DDD gang to discuss dead animals, the business of cannibas, a lively real tweets/fake news debate, and words of the year. Dan drops some hot, very old Ramona Singer and Mel Gibson goss (...
Morgan's 2017 resolution: no more singing on the podcast. Can she make it? On this episode, we answer a chemistry Ph.D. student's question about bullet points, and probably let him down. Learn another language to increase your ...
On this episode: This week Linda gets in her time machine to the recent past (2016) to watch ONE EPISODE of a culturally relevant show. Morgan takes a stand on dads, Phish is corrupting our government, and the patriarchy is ove...
On this episode: The gang is joined in the studio by Morgan’s office mates after a booze-filled holiday work outing. That’s right, the DDD token millennial is in the studio and sharing her (overly confident) wisdom...
On this episode: Close proximity is redundant, but you’re always in close proximity to someone who’s saying “close proximity.” Morgan tries to teach Linda about the undertones of certain emojis, even tho...
On this episode: Linda and Morgan carry on the tradition of pissing off their listeners by talking about irritating TV shows for too long. Whatever happened to the WB? We also praise the AP for calling out racist language and h...
The DDD crew records the night before Thanksgiving, in honor of all the turkeys that pass away. With gratitude in their hearts and slurring on their lips, they talk about "altogether" versus "all together," terrible spelling an...
Mary Norris, the comma queen, calls in to talk beer and pencils with the DDD gang. She also introduces us to the seedy Twitter underbelly of double spacers and answers a listener question about ellipses...
The Drunk Word Nerds took a break from recording last week because everyone was too sad to laugh about grammar (sorry). But here's a classic episode from our vaults. We discuss all things comma, including Linda's love of the se...
The DDD crew has new intro music and it has us on our beanwater! There is a war on grammar AKA a war on mad old dudes and the battleground is the singular they. Morgan and Linda terribly predict the future of America while lear...
Bombshell: It's "never mind," not "nevermind." Sorry, Kurt Cobain. RIP. Someone else wrote about email sign-offs because we haven't been through enough. At least she claims a winner (and 26 losers). We translate British busines...
Legendary copy editor Bill Walsh of Washington Post fame joins the DDD crew to share a very important message: Do not use apostrophes to pluralize your family name on holiday cards. (Morgan declares war on Christmas.) Also, old...
Yet another reason we are just like killer whales: menopause. They go past Janet Jackson age to Bea Arthur territory. I am drunk, but Morgan is drunker than _____. There are three correct ways to end that sentence, but one is O...
On this episode: Science says swearing is cool, so get the fuck over it. It’s like wearing pants to the grocery store, or something. We dislike workplace jargon because WE DON’T GET IT. Linda can’t remember wh...
Executive VP and founder of Major League Ultimate Nic Darling tests our sports language knowledge and delves into MLU's style guide. Plus we talk about punctuation placement when quotation marks are involved.
Linda addresses the "eponymous" mistake from episode 25 in order to alleviate her insomnia. The Oxford Dictionaries Online adds some new words, including wine o'clock and beer o'clock. Do you know what a "mickey of gin" is? Reg...
The crew addresses some recent listener critiques (ignore Linda's sobbing). The OED adds "jagoff" to the dictionary, but they're still jagoffs. We're on our beanwater as we discuss regional slang terms on the cusp of extinction...
Dolly Parton is an expert on accidental plagiarism — and on being a human. Listener/new friend Allison brings up the placement of "only" and the insulting inclusion of "actually" in otherwise pleasant sentences. We find out w...
After discussing Morgan's bad day, the crew discusses the Anne of Green Gables adaptation coming to Netflix (and other ones Netflix should explore), the ill-fated act of trashing your employer online and the real definitions of...
It's our live show! In front of a live bar audience, we make fun of the way people in various regions talk, shame people who use "I hope you're well" in emails, repeatedly say the word "moist" when discussing word aversion and ...
Morgan talks smack on killer whales, lawyers can't call people "honey" in court anymore (how is this still happening?), the ladies defend listening to audiobooks again (with expert proof this time) and BuzzFeed eliminates perio...
On this episode: WE’RE DRINKING FROSÉ. And we welcome beer and food writer Amy Strauss to discuss sexism in Olympics media coverage, style guides, cocktail and food capitalization and Wawa mashed potatoes. [powerp...
We finally answer the listener question that we ignored last episode: Why does The New York Times use Ms. Trump, but Mrs. Obama? We get to the bottom of it (read: we guess). Back in episode #7, we declared the Oxford English Di...
Um, like, so. Morgan, Linda and Brian discuss reviled speech-fillers while inadvertently using them every four seconds. Anytime vs. any time: Do you know the difference? The story behind the semicolon tattoo makes us misty. And...
When Coco's away, the ladies will veer off topic and make too much noise while opening their beers. They ramble about situational code-switching (text speak vs. formal language), parentheses and brackets and the removal of "man...
Let's reclaim the beach read! The ladies and Meredith Blake of The New Yorker think the term gets a bad rap. Morgan finally proves to Brian that Mormons love Pinterest (through a depressing news story). Kids need handwriting, e...
Do you know how to use "myself," or are you a Bachelor/Bachelorette-style abuser? Corporate lingo makes us sad—and angry about unused vacation, for whatever reason. Grammar matters when you're applying for a job, but not when...
IS THE PERIOD DYING?! The New York Times and a real-life millennial weigh in. In honor of the season, we judge the lyrics of popular wedding songs. Also, Morgan experiments with mixing two bad beers.
East Coast humid hot means that the ladies are cooling off with rosé. The New York Times makes it official: "Everything" is a thing. (Duh.) Would you vote for the new word "soo" to mean very or extremely? The ladies and Coco w...
We're back with part two of our interview with copy chief Emmy Favilla and style editor Julie Gerstein from BuzzFeed. Listen as Julie and Emmy bare all in our Lightnin' Round!
Part one of our interview with copy chief Emmy Favilla and style editor Julie Gerstein from BuzzFeed. We gush over dashes; learn about BuzzFeed's new word nerd newsletter; dissect BuzzFeed's style guide; and discuss how BuzzFee...
We announce some big guests joining us next week. Linda drinks and discusses JAWN. Christian Lorentzen hates adverbs and you should, too. Every day, WTF? (Listener Lisa shows off). Germans make up cool words and want to slap Te...
People are STILL outraged about the double space after period;
Tackling addicting vs addictive;
We discuss the annoying misuse of “literally”, literally;
Stop with the car accidents and call it what it is — a crash.
• Drinking Whispering Angel—the podcaster’s choice
• Scripps Spelling Bee is the sporting event of the year
• Time magazine can't spell
• Forget Adult Millennials, we’re the Oregon Trail Generation
• The bat...
Obama gives design approval for the Peace Corps logo and other amazing Executive Orders, the world’s foremost grammar expert loses sleep over comma splices, we help a listener spell her fake words, James Beard rebrands chocol...
NYT contributor says beginning your sentences with "I feel like" is weak. The gang feels like that point is up for debate. Plus: updates from the Weather Service, how to speak Apple, Tilikum is #2, but always #1 in Linda's hear...
The studio is run amok! DDD friend Caroline Bean fills in for Linda while on vacation and Coco makes his triumphant return to the mic (…but will it last?).
Also: Loyal listener, Mary Frances, gets help with her cover lette...
Morgan and Linda go a little past the sweet spot on this episode. We learn about the inherent sexism in the Oxford Dictionary, and surprise surprise, gender bias is everywhere in journalism. Also Linda says “world record”...
Morgan and Linda help out “Charles from Chattanooga” who is too wordy in his emails. We know you are all guilty of email wordiness like Charles. So listen up and learn. Possibly our most helpful episode yet!
Linda got a new job—and a new style guide. But what will everyone think of her out of office emails? And on that note, what is the proper email sign-off you should use?
Linda and Morgan learn that Honest Abe didn’t dumb down his campaign speeches, but Trump sure does. Morgan lays into Shiloh Jolie Pitt. We find out that Linda makes dinner reservations in a Southern accent—weird, I know.
Linda and Morgan go deep on naming beers, impassioned pleas for the em dash, double spaces after periods, and grammar lessons from The Bachelor. Linda professes her love for Post copy editor Bill Walsh and the gang is unsure if...
Morgan and Linda wax poetic on rampant Instagram misquotes, Mormons on Pinterest, fact checking, incorrect quotes quiz and vocal fry aplenty. Drink up.
Active shooter emergencies are a reality on today's campuses. On this first episode of Unlocked, we take a look at what can go wrong during these emergencies and what can be done to make sure students, staff and faculty are kep...