$Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases - Piggyback: Animal Words with No Animal Origins$

Piggyback: Animal Words with No Animal Origins

Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases

05/28/17 • 32 min

"Piggyback" has nothing to do with pigs! In fact, there are many seemingly animal-related words and phrases in the English language that have nothing to do with animals at all! In today’s episode, I offer up the backstory to words such as piggyback, monkey wrench, round robin, and spelling bee.

Thanks to listener supporters who receive transcripts of every episode.

05/28/17 • 32 min

Episode Comments

0.0

out of 5

No ratings yet

eg., What part of this podcast did you like? Ask a question to the host or other listeners...

Post

Generate a badge

Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode

Select type & size

Copy