Word of the Week

Word of the Week
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Word of the Week

Bringing you a new word to help you get through the week ahead. Words matter! And so do you. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liz-zirk/support

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    ta

    This week’s word is ta. A Chinese word meaning ‘to understand things and thus take them lightly’. How mysterious... Shall we listen in and hear what else this word has to say for itself? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liz-zirk/support

    3 min

  2. NOV 4

    Lagniappe

    This week’s word is lagniappe. A French Creole word meaning ‘an unexpected gift to a stranger or customer’. Now this word might be foreign to most of the United States, but not in New Orleans. Let's hear what else this word has to say for itself! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liz-zirk/support

    2 min

  3. OCT 28

    Ponte

    This week’s word is ponte. An Italian word meaning ‘an extra day off, taken to add a weekend to a national holiday’. Such an Italian word, right? Let's hear what else this word has to say for itself! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liz-zirk/support

    2 min

  4. OCT 21

    shibui

    This week’s word is shibui. A Japanese word meaning ‘the beauty of aging’. One of the many words in Japanese remarking on beauty. But let's hear what else this word has to say for itself! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liz-zirk/support

    3 min

  5. OCT 14

    Drachenfutter

    This week’s word is Drachenfutter. A German word meaning ‘peace offering for wives from guilty husbands’. It’s an interesting word in many ways. But let's hear what else this word has to say for itself, shall we? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liz-zirk/support

    2 min

  6. OCT 7

    Sabsung

    This week’s word is sabsung. A Thai word meaning ‘to slake an emotional or spiritual thirst, to be revitalized’. Maybe you can relate to this? Let's hear what the word has to say for itself! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liz-zirk/support

    3 min

  7. SEP 30

    Bricoleur

    This week’s word is bricoleur. A French word meaning ‘a person who constructs things by randomly messing around without following an explicit plan’. Let's hear what this word has to say for itself, shall we? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liz-zirk/support

    2 min

  8. SEP 23

    hozh’q

    This week’s word is hozh’q. A Navajo word meaning ‘the beauty of life, as seen and created by a person’. But there must be so much more to it than that. Let's hear what this word has to say for itself! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liz-zirk/support

    3 min
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Bringing you a new word to help you get through the week ahead. Words matter! And so do you. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/liz-zirk/support

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    Word of the Week
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    62
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