Made-up Words

Do you have a word that's unique to your family only? Or maybe a funny pronunciation that's carried through from you or your kiddo's childhood? Most made-up words have unique backstories just below their surface. In this episode, we explore a made-up word that made its way into a high school English class, as well as one from my own childhood that I've been trying to reclaim. Along the way, you're going to hear about a very odd poster hanging in a child's room, swirlies, Russian babushkas, the lamination machine and the Peanuts gang. Read an essay version of today's show on Medium. *Music and SFX Credits * Intro and interstitials by Brian Hake Additional Interstitials by Kevin Davison "I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison "I Like Peanuts" by Audionautix.com *SFX sourced from Freesound.org, including: * Sounds of Record Player by luffy Rimshot by jmayhoff Redial Landline by mshahen Flush by phreaksaccount School Ambient by cones Crickets by Frus Horn fail wah-wah by taranp Dinner table by malden Accordion by lepolainyann Russian Babushka performed by Jodie Brown