Welcome to the Lord of the Rings lore cast, the show that explores the background of

Tolkien's amazing world from the very beginning.

When we go back and we read Tolkien, there's something that happens fairly often.

We come across antiquated words or phrases, and I've taken a lot of time throughout the series to point those out

and to try to explain the meaning behind them, the use of them in Tolkien's work, and how all of that fits together.

But rarely do we get the opposite.

A phrase or a specific word that feels strangely current, something that we say every day. And I know there are a lot of

words in the text and through this book and all the other things that Tolkien has written that we

use regularly. We still use the word night, for example, or personal, or the sun, or closed. Yes,

this isn't what I'm talking about. I'm talking about a specific phrase that seems more in the now than it does back then. It seems like something

he probably wouldn't have said. And yet, in this section, this week, one of those phrases shows up.

And not only does it show up because it stands out from the rest of the text,

it strangely has fit into our society, in our culture,

and our current day use in a way that still feels very current,

but it's also the cornerstone of why Bilbo is able to help defeat Smog.

It also comes across a little bit awkward because, well, here's the phrase,

every worm has his weak spot.

The use of the his weak spot.

The use of the word weak spot here feels like something that we would say in today's society,

especially among gamers.

When you fight a boss and has this glowing little section of, I don't know, the boss's face or midsection, you go, oh, that's the weak spot.

That's the place I need to target in order to do any damage or the most damage or whatever

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