138. Codswallop

Kyle and Emily crack open a cold soda and go fishing with Hagrid. And if that sounded like absolute nonsense, then boy are you in for a treat with this history of the word codswallop.

This slang word takes our hosts down strange and disparate paths, though the strangest of all is just how recent this word’s origin might be. Kyle begins at a brewery, talking about a bottle with a hidden prize inside, and a bottle opener that packs a punch. But Emily learns that codswallop has plenty more surprises to offer.

The rest of the episode gets more than a little fishy, and we don’t mean that it’s rubbish. Our hosts suss out what a whopper refers to, who’s the biggest delinquent at the fish market, and how safe for work this episode is. They also bring things back around to our very first episode, touching on the vulgar gossip of fools and fishwives.