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    Something Rhymes with Purple

    Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth invite you to enhance your vocabulary, uncover the hidden origins of language and share their love of words in this award-winning podcast.

    We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us here: purple@somethinelse.com

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    Lovely Jubbly Mar 05, 2024
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    'A moo point is like a cows opinion, it doesn't matter, it's moo'. This week Gyles and Susie have fun looking at the influence that television has had on language.


    Gyles gets nostalgic with some of his and his children's favourite UK and American TV programmes.


    And Susie explores the words that were popularised by these household TV shows.


    We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us on our email address here: purplepeople@somethingrhymes.com


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    Why not work one of Susie's trio's into a sentence this week?


    Crumpsy: Cranky and irritable from old dialect.

    Braggadocio: An idle or empty boaster, all mouth and no trousers.

    Apostasise: To abandon a once firmly held promise or principal.


    Gyles' poem comes from our listener Chris McAuley and is titled 'Father'


    If you find yourself forgetting the small things like keys,

    Moments which we spent together feeding the ducks or playing in the park,

    I shall remember them for you,

    And in those memories be still guided by your hand

    As we walk through the town on that cold rainy day.


    Someday, I will forget those times.

    They will be cast to the wind,

    Scattered like leaves caught in the maelstrom of time.

    But today, I sit with my cup of tea and think about the small moments


    Of those precious days, and how much they mean to me.



    A Sony Music Entertainment production.


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    Schnurrbart Feb 27, 2024
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    Flow it, show it, grow it! This week Susie and Gyles look at the history and etymology of all things to do with hair.


    Gyles takes us down memory lane and tells us about when he used to rock a full facial set (head to our social media pages for pics!)


    And Susie does what she does best, by entertaining us with fascinating origin stories behind this luscious topic.


    We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us on our email address here: purplepeople@somethingrhymes.com


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    Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:


    Tabanca: The pain of unrequited love.

    Redamancy: The state of being loved in return.

    Gruglede (Norwegian): Happy dread.


    Gyles' poem this week was a excerpt from the song 'Hair' by the cast of 'Hair - The Musical'


    Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair

    Flow it, show it

    Long as God can grow it

    My hair


    Let it fly in the breeze

    And get caught in the trees

    Give a home to the fleas in my hair

    A home for fleas

    A hive for bees

    A nest for birds

    There ain't no words

    For the beauty, the splendor, the wonder

    Of my...


    Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair

    Flow it, show it

    Long as God can grow it

    My hair


    I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy

    Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty

    Oily, greasy, fleecy

    Shining, gleaming, streaming

    Flaxen, waxen

    Knotted, polka-dotted

    Twisted, beaded, braided

    Powdered, flowered, and confettied

    Bangled, tangled, spangled, and spaghettied!


    Oh say can you see

    My eyes if you can

    Then my hair's too short


    Down to here

    Down to there

    I want hair

    Down to where

    It stops by itself


    They'll be ga ga at the go go

    When they see me in my toga

    My toga made of blond

    Brilliantined

    Biblical hair


    My hair like Jesus wore it

    Hallelujah I adore it

    Hallelujah Mary loved her son

    Why don't my mother love me?


    Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair

    Flow it, show it

    Long as God can grow it

    My hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair

    Flow it, show it

    Long as God can grow it

    My hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair

    Flow it, show it

    Long as God can grow it

    My hair


    A Sony Music Entertainment production.


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    Gategate Feb 20, 2024
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    Dive into the groovy world of etymology as we journey back to the vibrant decades of the 70s and 80s in this week's episode. Join Susie and Gyles and get ready to disco through the evolution of language, exploring the funky slang, radical expressions, and iconic phrases that defined these iconic eras.


    We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us on our NEW email address here: purplepeople@somethingrhymes.com

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    Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:


    Bagasse: A plant residue (as of sugarcane or grapes) left after a product (such as juice) has been extracted.

    Ale-conner: A beer tester.

    Misslieness: A feeling of solitude that comes from missing a beloved person or thing.


    Gyles' poem this week was 'On The Edge' by Jane McCulloch


    Staring down at the dark abyss,

    I am balanced on a ledge.

    Hovering above that thin line which runs between sanity and madness.

    And they call the edge.


    Some event, some news, some action has propelled me into missile like spin.

    While all around they have no idea of the torment, the terror, the struggle coming from within.

    A telephone rings. The doorbell goes. People are laughing.

    Now I sway.


    Should I let go?

    Give up and fall?

    So much easier to give in.

    No. Not this time. Not today.


    A Sony Music Entertainment production.


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    Bagpudding Feb 13, 2024
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    Roses are red,

    Violets are blue,

    Love makes the world go round,

    And so does etymology too!


    Happy Valentines Day!


    This week, Susie and Gyles explore the words of affection we used in our everyday vernacular... From darling, to cabbage(?!), to sweetie, to bae - we find out where these cutie-pie terms originate from. Also, Gyles tries to impress Susie this week with (what he thinks are) good chat up lines!


    We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us on our NEW email address here: purplepeople@somethingrhymes.com

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    Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:


    Explaterate: to talk continuously; to bluster.

    Twirlblast: (19th-century southern US) whirlwind.

    Groaning cake: cake provided for those waiting on a woman to give birth.


    Gyles' poem this week was 'How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning


    How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

    I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

    My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

    For the ends of being and ideal grace.

    I love thee to the level of every day’s

    Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

    I love thee freely, as men strive for right.

    I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

    I love thee with the passion put to use

    In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.

    I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

    With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,

    Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,

    I shall but love thee better after death.


    A Sony Music Entertainment production.


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    Beatlemania Feb 06, 2024
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    This week at the Purple HQ, we explore words that come from the swinging 60s! Hear all about Gyles meeting The Beatles in an Apple shop back in the day, and Susie unpacking extraordinary etymologies...


    We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us on our NEW email address here: purplepeople@somethingrhymes.com

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    Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:


    Batterfanged: Done in.

    Sammodithee: A way of replying to the toast. It means the same unto thee.

    Splute: Someone who exaggerates.


    Gyles' poem this week was 'Imagine' by John Lennon


    Imagine there's no heaven

    It's easy if you try

    No hell below us

    Above us, only sky

    Imagine all the people

    Living for today


    Imagine there's no countries

    It isn't hard to do

    Nothing to kill or die for

    And no religion too

    Imagine all the people

    Living life in peace


    You may say I'm a dreamer

    But I'm not the only one

    I hope someday you'll join us

    And the world will be as one


    Imagine no possessions

    I wonder if you can

    No need for greed or hunger

    A brotherhood of man

    Imagine all the people

    Sharing all the world


    You may say I'm a dreamer

    But I'm not the only one

    I hope someday you'll join us

    And the world will be as one


    A Sony Music Entertainment production.


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    (H)aitch Jan 30, 2024
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    Join Susie and Gyles this week as we unravel the captivating stories behind the letters 'E' to 'L,' in the second installment of our alphabet journey. We explore the rich history and surprising connections that have shaped our language, and of course indulge in Gyles' infamous anecdotes.


    We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us on our NEW email address here: purplepeople@somethingrhymes.com

    Want even more purple, people? Join the Purple Plus Club by clicking the banner in Apple podcasts or head to purpleplusclub.com to listen on other platforms'


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    Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:


    Timdoodle (Cornwall): An insult for a stupid fellow.

    Lab-dab: A profuse perspiration.

    Nickerers: New shoes that make a creaking noise.


    Gyles' poem this week was 'Happinness' by Colin Hinton - whoGyles met who took part Gyle's poetry together chatiry


    Happiness for me is my aim,

    Happiness for all others is my aim.

    This is what I will endeavour to attain,

    With all the thoughts within my brain.


    To all my family,

    I wish happiness,

    To all my friends,

    I wish happiness,

    To others I meet today,

    I wish happiness,

    To the whol world,

    I wish happiness.


    For this, I endeavour to do my best,

    To spread happiness,

    From east,

    To west.


    I will always smile, laugh and jest

    So that all that meet me,

    Will feel at rest.


    A Sony Music Entertainment production.


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    Rizz Jan 23, 2024
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    Have you ever spotted a beige flag in your situationship? Are you a die hard Swiftie? Do you think you've got plenty of Rizz? If you don't know what we're on about, Purple People, then you need to get with the times! This week, Susie & Gyles reveal the Oxford English Dictionary's 'Word of the Year 2023' and all the other words that didn't quite make the top spot.


    We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us on our NEW email address here: purplepeople@somethingrhymes.com

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    Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:


    Pang Wangle: A cheeriness in spite of minor discomforts.

    Egrote: To pretend to be sick.

    Sonntagsleerung: A German medical term from the early 20th century for “the depression one feels on Sunday before the week begins”.


    Gyles' poem this week was 'Look in the Mirror' by Carol Mugano


    Look in the mirror,

    What do you see?

    A beautiful person,

    Or just me?


    Don't blame the mirror,

    It's all in your mind,

    Take control of your thinking,

    And this time

    Be kind.


    A Sony Music Entertainment production.


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    Semiquincentennial Jan 16, 2024
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    PURPLE PEOPLE! Today is an extra special day for Something Rhymes With Purple - we are celebrating our 250th episode! So to celebrate, we have decided to rifle through our glorious inbox, and answer YOUR questions.


    Thank you so much for tuning in each week, here's to the next 250! - from Susie, Gyles and everyone down at Purple HQ.


    We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us on our NEW email address here: purplepeople@somethingrhymes.com

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    Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:


    Foozle: to bungle.

    Otiose: serving no useful purpose.

    Tongue-hero: a braggart or self-confessed hero.


    Gyles' poem this week was 'You Know How A Cat' by James Laughlin

    You Know How a Cat


    will bring a mouse it has

    caught and lay it at your


    feet so each morning I

    bring you a poem that


    I've written when I woke

    up in the night as my tribute


    to your beauty &

    a promise of my love.


    A Sony Music Entertainment production

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    Mafiosa Jan 09, 2024
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    Embark on a linguistic odyssey with this week's episode as Susie and Gyles unravel the hidden histories behind Mafia terminology. We explore the gripping meanings of the words that have shaped the clandestine world of the Mafia, showcasing how language itself becomes a powerful force in the shadows.


    We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us on our NEW email address here: purplepeople@somethingrhymes.com

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    Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:


    Mukbang: A video in which someone chats whilst eating food.

    Shabaroon: An ill-dressed, untidy fellow.

    Fustilugs: Female version of Shabaroon.


    Gyles' poem this week was 'What Don Corleone Did Next' by Brian Billston


    Upon retiring

    From the mafia,


    He wove aquatic mammals

    Out of raffia


    Let me tell you

    How I learnt this news:


    He made me an offer

    I could not refuse


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    Pertolerate Jan 02, 2024
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    Happy New Year, Purple People! We're kicking off 2024 by flicking through the pages of Gyles book' 'Word Play'. Join us and join in as we unpack and explore odd and unusual words in the English language.


    We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us on our NEW email address here: purplepeople@somethingrhymes.com

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    Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week:


    Gorgonize: To have a mesmerising effect on someone

    Lethophobia: The fear of oblivion.

    Grubbling: Fumbling about in your bag or pocket in order to find something.


    Gyles' poem this week was 'Tarantella' by Hilaire Belloc


    Do you remember an Inn,

    Miranda?

    Do you remember an Inn?

    And the tedding and the spreading

    Of the straw for a bedding,

    And the fleas that tease in the High Pyrenees,

    And the wine that tasted of tar?

    And the cheers and the jeers of the young muleteers

    (Under the vine of the dark verandah)?

    Do you remember an Inn, Miranda,

    Do you remember an Inn?

    And the cheers and the jeers of the young muleteeers

    Who hadn't got a penny,

    And who weren't paying any,

    And the hammer at the doors and the Din?

    And the Hip! Hop! Hap!

    Of the clap

    Of the hands to the twirl and the swirl

    Of the girl gone chancing,

    Glancing,

    Dancing,

    Backing and advancing,

    Snapping of a clapper to the spin

    Out and in --

    And the Ting, Tong, Tang, of the Guitar.

    Do you remember an Inn,

    Miranda?

    Do you remember an Inn?

    Never more;

    Miranda,

    Never more.

    Only the high peaks hoar:

    And Aragon a torrent at the door.

    No sound

    In the walls of the Halls where falls

    The tread

    Of the feet of the dead to the ground

    No sound:

    But the boom

    Of the far Waterfall like Doom.


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