Vocabulary Mnemonics

What do you call the covering the waiter removes to unveil a fine platter at a fancy restaurant? If you said "lid," then you need to listen to today's episode. As you'll discover, this episode is no mere epigone. Each...

Rather than work from a tabula rasa today, Matt and Mom are bringing back their favorite words from episodes 26-50. A fancy way to say "buyer beware"... The conclusion of a movie... What to call an ugly sweater at a...

We hope you're enjoying Thanksgiving weekend -- free of cheespairing and caviling relatives... And most importantly, free of embarrassing meldrops. In this episode Matt and Mom aim to cover all the words in your...

We're feeling ebullient today... and we're changing things up a little. Rather than give new words, we're choosing some of our favorites from episodes 1-25, including surreptitious (which has mom's favorite mnemonic of...

Here at Vocabulary Mnemonics, we're always reaching for the apotheosis of the podcast world... Hence one of today's words is apotheosis. Matt and Mom also break down arcadian, apothecary, absquatulate, and some non-A...

It's time to play an 80s review game! Not the 1980s -- episodes 82-90. Matt and Mom read descriptions of past words and see if they can remember them. For example, Matt starts one description with: "If you ever hear...

Matt and Mom are coming to you today with their most stentorian voices. Words featured include specter, intaglio, mendacity, Jeremiad, and more. Plus, they crack the code on what to call America's 250 birthday and...

Today's episode has a portentous feel to it... because today's first word is portentous. Matt and Mom break down ten lesser-known vocabulary words including acquisitive, pallid, esprit de corps, shoal, kwashiorkor, and...

Ready to get your adrenals pumping? You've come to the right place. In today's non-atavistic, fast-paced episode, Matt and Mom cover 10 interesting vocabulary words and answer life's big, burning questions, including...

We hope you're full of brio this week and ready to sally forth into the exciting world of vocab. In today's episode Matt and Mom break down the difference between running errands and errantry, why it's critical to know...

If your podcasts are starting to sound like a monolith, you've come to the right place. This has to be the only podcast episode in the world with full breakdowns of gems like fartlek, turpitude, solipsism, pons...

We hope this episode finds you in fine fettle! In today's potboiler of an episode, Matt and Mom delve into ten words, including maw, marginalia, obelus, salacious, triptych, and more. Let's hope things don't go...

When you come to a furcula in life, what do you do? What do you call something that gets more expensive as the price goes up? And most importantly, what do you call one of those heaps of stones used as landmark? Matt...

Is today's episode filled with moments of divine afflatus? You'll have to be the judge. Matt and Mom break down ten words including expostulate, mirth, dogma, vermilion, and more, and give you mnemonics to help you...

If you're looking to zhuzh up your vocabulary, you've come to the right place. In today's episode Matt and Mom delve into the inner workings of hydroponics, show their prescience, do a little prognosticating, and...

It's game week at Vocabulary Mnemonics. Matt and Mom take five words each from episodes 70-79 and quiz each other. Matt quizzes Mom on her words, and vice versa. Play along at home and see if you can guess the words...

Welcome to the Vocabulary Mnemonics podcast. In today's episode, Matt and Mom discover a way to take the podcast to the next level: lagniappe. They go on to break down solarium, aqueous, rubric, inimical, and more...

For those days when it feels like everything's coming at you Holus Bolus, there's the Vocabulary Mnemonics podcast. Today Matt and Mom break down excursive, soothfast, scrimshank, and more and give you helpful mnemonics...

Have you ever been searching for the mos juste... only to have it pop into your head too late? If so, then hie yourself to today's episode. Matt and Mom break down ten fun vocabulary words and give you a clever mnemonic...

Today Matt and Mom are coming at you like a Quaker Gun. This episode features kompromat, deign, the Dilbert Principle, and more... All with witty badinage, and without a miasma of failure. We can't promise you'll become...

In today's episode, Matt and Mom hope to rise to the level of their own incompetence. Which, as you'll discover, isn't such a bad thing. Get ready for a full breakdown of neophyte, asperity, lee, garrulous, and more...

Feeling addlepated in your quest to put together your first billet doux? Then today's divers words are for you! Matt and Mom discuss gelid, heuristic, folly, feral, and more. Enjoy!

Welcome to today's epithet-free episode. Matt and Mom wend their way through the fields of vexillology, discuss gustatory pleasures, and break down Hanlon's Razor and more, all while trying to not sound hoary. Enjoy!

Happy 4th of July weekend! We didn't exactly elucubrate to bring you today's episode, but we didn't resort to silly tropes either. Words discussed today include fratricide, ormolu, Burke's Law, and more. It's possible...

Has someone ever called you up and asked how your day's going, but really they just wanted to talk about what a crazy day they're having? There's a word for that! In today's euphonious episode, Matt and Mom cover this...