The Purple People Eater

Something Rhymes with Purple

Sony Music

Comedy, Arts, Education

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A highly enjoyable sift through the mountain of emails you’ve sent in over the last few weeks with some absolutely corking questions to answer. In this week’s footage we lurch from poaching to doughnuts (or should that be donuts?), we separate our vets from our vets, and we discover the meaning of ‘lief’. There are also musical interludes from hungry monsters, limericks, and a handsome trio of words to add to your arsenal. A Somethin’ Else production. We love answering your wordy questions on the show so please do keep sending them in to [email protected] To buy SRWP mugs and more head to.... https://kontraband.shop/collections/something-rhymes-with-purple If you would like to join the Purple Plus Club on Apple Subs please follow this link https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/something-rhymes-with-purple/id1456772823 and make sure that you are running the most up-to-date IOS on your computer/device otherwise it won’t work. Susie’s Trio Polylogise – to talk too much Witzelsucht – a feeble attempt at humour Siffilate – to speak in whispers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses. I love walking with the dog for long periods of time.
0:10.0	Hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm. So I think a frozen nose is a sweaty armpit
0:15.0	because your wrapped up so warm but then you're climbing hamps and heath and you get to the top
0:20.0	and you're like, and then you can see the breath but then your nose is still freezing to touch.
0:25.0	Joy in every sip with red carp snout back at Starbucks.
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0:56.0	Phoenix Group is the brand name for Phoenix Group Holdings PLC and its subsidiary company St. Brands.
1:01.0	Something that's...
1:09.0	Welcome to something rhymes with purple. This is a podcast all about words and language
1:15.0	and it's hosted by me, Jiles Brandruth and my friend, the world's leading lexicographer.
1:21.0	She denies that title but I think she deserves it. Susie Dent.
1:25.0	Are you qualified as a lexicographer in the sense that you have it?
1:28.0	Is there such a thing as a degree in lexicography?
1:31.0	No, there is no degree in lexicography. The Thai know of anyway but I suppose I'll qualify through experience
1:37.0	but I don't have any letters I can add to the end of my name saying lexicographer LX.
1:42.0	That would be quite cool. Lex wouldn't it? That's at the end of my name.
1:46.0	But no, and actually it's quite interesting because at the moment Oxford dictionaries are looking for people
1:50.0	who can go and work for them over a summer placement.
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