Unspeakable

Comedy of the Week

BBC

Comedy

4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Ever struggled to find the right word for a feeling or sensation? Unspeakable sees comedian Phil Wang and lexicographer Susie Dent invite celebrity guests to invent new linguistic creations, to solve those all too relatable moments when we're lost for words.

This episode we hear Jack Dee’s new word for when you try to sound cool but end up sounding exactly your age, Miles Jupp’s new word for being fed up by a world in which there is an app for everything, and Ria Lina’s new word for something that is damp, limp, a bit pathetic.

Hosts: Phil Wang and Susie Dent Guests: Jack Dee, Miles Jupp and Ria Lina Created by Joe Varley Writer: Matt Crosby Recorded by Jerry Peal Producer: Jon Harvey Executive Producers: Joe Varley and Akash Lockmun

A Brown Bred production for BBC Radio 4

Transcript

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0:00.0	You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.
0:06.5	I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.
0:11.2	I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,
0:16.0	relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.
0:22.4	So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,
0:28.3	and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you.
0:33.6	So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.
0:39.5	BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:54.0	Hello, I'm Phil Wang and welcome to Unspeakable.
0:56.7	This is the brand new show about inventing brand new words,
0:59.5	coined by three amazing guests.
1:01.7	Words are very powerful.
1:03.3	Just a few simple words, well chosen, can save someone's life.
1:07.7	Like, stop standing in the middle of the road, you idiot.
1:12.4	God, I hate lollipop ladies. Now, we'll be meeting our panel very shortly, but first, let's meet our expert
1:19.4	of expressions, the guru of grammar, the wizard of weird words. It's Susie Dent.
1:26.6	Hello, Phil. It's Susie Dent.
1:31.1	Hello, Phil.
1:34.0	Susie, have any interesting words you've come across recently?
1:35.5	Yes, when I came across recently.
1:37.3	A non-versation.
1:40.4	A non-versation is a completely pointless conversation in which you learn absolutely nothing.
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