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Oct 23, 2017 19 min

12 - Ew, WW1 Cooties!

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This episode is our first WW1 special, we go into the history of cooties, basket case, booby trap and over the top. Taylor and Sam dig deep into the trenches of other gross words like "trench foot." Heads up, some mild adult language is mentioned the last 5 minutes. References: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/56500.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2015/11/06/where_did_the_word_cooties_come_from.html https://www.phrases.org.uk%2Fmeanings%2Fover-the-top.html https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/71000.html

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