Episode 94: meldrop, desiderata, ichthyology, and more

About this episode

In this episode, Matt and Mom discuss various vocabulary words and their meanings during the Thanksgiving weekend.

We hope you're enjoying Thanksgiving weekend -- free of cheespairing and caviling relatives... And most importantly, free of embarrassing meldrops. In this episode Matt and Mom aim to cover all the words in your vocabulary desiderata. Enjoy!

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Dr. Mom

Topics covered

• vocabulary
• language
• Thanksgiving
• education
• word meanings

Keywords

• meldrop
• desiderata
• ichthyology
• Thanksgiving
• vocabulary

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Thanksgiving, meldrop, desiderata, ichthyology

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