Butter No Parsnips
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Every week on Butter No Parsnips, your hosts Emily Moyers and Kyle Imperatore take you on an adventure through the weird, wacky, wonderful, and sometimes wicked history of one wayside word. Strange characters, delightful bits, and general joyousness abound, join them as they test each other's etymological expertise!
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196. Nostrum: An Over-the-Counter History
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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195. Salmagundi: How a Salad Showpiece Made a Big Mess
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May 25, 2026 |
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194. Eavesdrip: The Rainy Day Origin of Snooping
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May 18, 2026 |
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193. Verb Your Enthusiasm: Master the Art of the Verb with Sarah L. Kaufman
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May 11, 2026 |
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192. Quisling: How WWII Set the Standard for Treason
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May 04, 2026 |
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191. Why We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents with Valerie Fridland
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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190. Nous: Common Sense and So Much More
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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189. Adiaphoron: Diogenes & Martin Luther Find the Gray Areas
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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188. Obviate: Less Obvious Than You Think
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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187. Puissant: Our Powerful Past in Prose
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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186. Snickersnee: Why the Vorpal Sword Went Snickersnack
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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185. Philtrum: Groovy Loves and Lovely Grooves
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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184. Worm.so: Where Readers Burrow Deep
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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183. Parvenu: New Money Through a French Lens
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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182. Orrery: Enlightenment Thought and the Science of Stars
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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181. Aumbry: Storage for Arms, Alms, and Almonds
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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180. Jujube: How the Odyssey Almost Ended Early
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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179. Zugzwang: From the Rules of Chess to Global Stress
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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178. Guidon: How the Color Guard Got Its Colors
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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177. Tergiversation: How to Succeed in Rhetoric Without Really Lying
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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176. Psammophile: A Beach Bum Like No Other
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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175. Atavism: Skipping a Generation… Or a Few Thousand
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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174. Uchronia
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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173. E-Prime
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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172. Verglas
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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171. Jorum
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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170. Halcyon
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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169. Gegenschein
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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168. Lexipedia with Joshua Blackburn
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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167. Palindrome with Barry Duncan
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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166. Koan
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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165. Scribal Error
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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164. Necropants
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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163. Blemmyes with Monstrum Obscura
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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162. Lychnobite
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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161. Filemot
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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160. Useless Etymology with Jess Zafarris
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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159. Ludibrious
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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158. Stevedore
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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157. Churlish
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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156. Panjandrum
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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PATREON UNLOCKED - Butter'd Parsnips, Ep. 32: EPICnyms Pt. 5: "A Guy That Got Wounded and Captured and Fell Down the Stairs and Died & Also Math"
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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155. Catachresis w/ Mignon Fogarty
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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154. Calends
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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153. Quagswagging
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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152. Lagniappe
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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151. Parergon
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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150. Congé
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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149. Vignette
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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148. Nesh
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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147. Logarithmotechny
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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146. Runcible
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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145. Wroth
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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144. Exurb
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May 26, 2025 |
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143. Simplified Spelling w/ Gabe Henry
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May 19, 2025 |
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142. Bizarro
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May 12, 2025 |
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141. Formication
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May 05, 2025 |
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140. Aphotic
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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139. Planet Word w/ Ann B. Friedman
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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138. Codswallop
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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137. Jejune
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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136. Etymonline w/ Doug Harper
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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135. Euouae
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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134. Rover
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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133. Witham
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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132. Scrieve
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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131. Glossopoeia
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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130. Moeity
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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129. Flophouse
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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128. Magnoperate
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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127. Tintinnabulation
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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126. Susurrus
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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125. Soubrette
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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124. Charivari
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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123. Decalog(ue)
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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122. Retiform
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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121. Bunco
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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120. Infangthief
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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119. Brougham
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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118. Macritude
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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117. Dree
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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116. Samovar
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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115. Charnel
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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114. Mortsafe
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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113. Thaumaturgy w/ Amy Vorpahl
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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112. Miasma
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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111. Quiddity
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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110. Aegis
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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109. Malinger
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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108. Aptronym
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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107. Borak
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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106. Fissiparous
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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105. Spadassinicide
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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104. Prang
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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103. Xenial
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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102. Floccinaucinihilipilification
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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101. Stochastic w/ Ceri Riley
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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100. Centiloquium
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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99. Fungo w/ Alex Corigliano
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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98. Grammar w/ Ellen Jovin
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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97. Appoggiatura
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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96. Hoyden
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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95. Privign
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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94. Umquhile
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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93. Vlei
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May 27, 2024 |
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92. Dunsel
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May 20, 2024 |
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91. Fomite
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May 13, 2024 |
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PATREON UNLOCKED - Butter'd Parsnips, ep. 18: "The 'Blog' of 'Unnecessary' Quotation Marks"
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May 06, 2024 |
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90. Roup
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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89. Wug w/ Jean Berko Gleason
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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88. Ylem
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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87. Macadam
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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86. Cumshaw
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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85. Jactitation
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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84. Apostrophe w/ Apostrophe Protection Society
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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83. Bowdlerize
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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82. Cark
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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81. Flarf
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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80. Accismus
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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79. Peccant
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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78. Agitprop
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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77. Zaftig
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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76. Mung
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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75. Syzygy
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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74. Polyglot w/ Gaston Dorren
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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73. Hogmanay
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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72. The Chump Special
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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71. Slang w/ Jonathon Green
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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70. Stickybeak
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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69. Grawlix
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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68. Punctilio
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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67. League of the Lexicon w/ Joshua Blackburn
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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66. Menhir
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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65. Greeble w/ Ronnie Gross Jr.
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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64. Ghost Words
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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63. Chthonic
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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62. Humdudgeon
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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61. Ken
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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60. Eleemosynary
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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59. Mathom
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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58. Deasil
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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57. Swinge
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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56. Elaphine
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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55. Abderian
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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54. Foulard
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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53. Anniversary
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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PATREON UNLOCKED - Butter'd Parsnips, ep. 10: "America's Most Hated (Words)"
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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52. Zemblanity
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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51. Mogiphonia
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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50. Shibboleth
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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49. Caravanserai
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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48. Incunable
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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47. Alectryomancy
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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46. Digestion w/ Arne Christensen
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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45. Bahuvrihi
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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44. Ingordigious
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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43. Grognard
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May 29, 2023 |
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42. Lyceum
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May 22, 2023 |
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41. Logology w/ T Campbell
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May 15, 2023 |
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40. Hapax Legomenon
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May 08, 2023 |
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39. Quark
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May 01, 2023 |
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38. Simon-pure
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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37. Septembrize
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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36. Omophagy
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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35. Butyraceous
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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34. Cavil
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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33. Aporia
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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32. Tellurian
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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31. Nonce
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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30. Congeries
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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29. Tautonym w/ Mike Stephan
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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28. Apricity
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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27. Cicerone
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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26. Sex, Lies, & Insults w/ Jess Zafarris
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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25. Grok
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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24. Eurhythmic
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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23. High-muck-a-muck
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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22. Oulipo
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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21. Coxcomb
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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20. Scorigami
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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19. Soigné
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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18. Squint
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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17. Smaragdine
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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16. Popinjay
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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15. Pip
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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14. Anagrams
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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13. Picaresque w/ Jackie Quaranto
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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12. Tantivy
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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11. Quincunx
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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10. Abecedary
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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9. Calumny
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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8. Logomachy
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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7. Afflatus
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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6. Quire
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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5. Spaghettification
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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4. Pyknic
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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3. Scrofula
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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2. Autoschediasm
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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1. Billingsgate
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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