Twazzy

The language of Love Island. We’re talking about interjections and filler words. Do they get on your nerves? Or do they serve a purpose? Featuring the school that banned the word ‘like’, the origin of lovely, a light dusting, the fanny flutters, bev, the science of umms, starting sentences with ‘So...’, Cleo Laine, the origin of the Green Room and Gyles’s Word Jail. A Somethin’ Else Production. Susie’s Trio of Words: Sockdolager: the decisive winning point in an argument or debate. Recumbentibus: a knockout punch.Twazziness: a centuries-old word for a state of feeling bad-tempered, peevish and snappy. If you’d like to get in touch with a question for Susie and Gyles for a future episode, email purple@somethinelse.com  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy