Something Rhymes with Purple

Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth invite you to enhance your vocabulary, uncover the hidden origins of language and share their love of words in this award-winning podcast. We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us here: purple@somethinelse.com Want more Purple, people? Join the Purple Plus Club by clicking the banner in Apple podcasts or by heading to purpleplusclub.com to listen on other platforms for ad-free listening, and not 1 but 2 episodes of the show every week. You can buy our branded mugs, tote bags and T-shirts here: https://bit.ly/37huhqs A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hooch

Episode Date: December 14, 2021

Recorded live in front of 1000 Purple People at the Chichester Festival Theatre, in this episode we get our claws into the rich language of the 1920s....

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Curglaff

Episode Date: December 7, 2021

A very special episode of the show this week as we bring you highlights of the first live show of our 2021/2022 tour.  We’re in Bath where, appropria...

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Cybernetic

Episode Date: November 30, 2021

It's time to reboot your systems as we surf the web and probe around the intricate world of computers.  Join us as we discover the origins of Google...

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Barmpot

Episode Date: November 23, 2021

*This episode contains language that some listeners might find offensive*  Today we are looking inwards and taking a linguistic journey through the...

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Flenched

Episode Date: November 16, 2021

This week we’re having a rummage through the postbag and dedicating the whole episode to questions that you, the marvellous Purple People, send in eac...

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Jerkwater

Episode Date: November 9, 2021

All aboard Purple People because today, Susie and Gyles will be taking you on a trip on the railways!  As our locomotive pulls the carriages along, w...

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Firgun

Episode Date: November 2, 2021

This week we’re full of chutzpah as we schmooze our way through the fabulous words that Yiddish has given to the English language. While our resident...

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Scoff

Episode Date: October 26, 2021

Happy 175th birthday to Auguste Escoffier! In honour of the founding father of the modern restaurant we invite you Purple People, to join us in some f...

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Glisters

Episode Date: October 19, 2021

It’s time for fake tan, sequins and your dancing shoes today, Purple People because Susie and Gyles are waltzing into the world of Ballroom Dancing…....

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Just A Minute

Episode Date: October 12, 2021

Testing, testing… one-two, one-two. Turn your wireless to the correct frequency and then turn it up as this week we bring you the terminology behind t...

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Prepone

Episode Date: October 5, 2021

This week we abandon our mufty and don our finest khaki dungarees to set off from Blighty in search of the rich influence of Indian on the English lan...

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Masheen

Episode Date: September 28, 2021

It’s an honor to have you with us today Purple People as we plow through the colorful world of the lexicographer, author, language reformer and perhap...

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Mausolos

Episode Date: September 21, 2021

Pick up your finest trowel and join us as we dig around the etymology of archaeology. Find out the link between helmet and hell, why we have an ancien...

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Pluffy

Episode Date: September 14, 2021

This week we’re going goo-goo and gaga as we investigate the wonderful words associated with babies.  We cut the umbilical cord, discover the Roman co...

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Big Top

Episode Date: September 7, 2021

Join us under the Big Top this week as your ringmasters Susie and Gyles crack their etymological whips to tell the stories of the freaks, geeks, and c...

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Grok

Episode Date: August 31, 2021

Postman Purple is back with his big sack of Purple People correspondence!  You heard it right folks, Gyles and Susie are diving into the mail bag w...

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Icarus

Episode Date: August 24, 2021

Chocks away! Roll out! Hello! It’s another Tuesday and we’re pushing the envelope (well, not really, but we love alliteration) and presenting you, ou...

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Merry-go-sorry

Episode Date: August 17, 2021

Roll up, roll up and scream if you want to go faster!  This week Gyles and Susie take a spin on the carousel (or should that be merry-go-round) as...

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Naff

Episode Date: August 10, 2021

Bona to vada your dolly eek, Purple People! Now, if the above greeting to today’s episode is wholly incomprehensible then let Gyles and Susie decode i...