Ep. 5 - 'Moist': The ick factor and damp semantics
Word Bomb16 Loka 2018

Ep. 5 - 'Moist': The ick factor and damp semantics

Why are people so hung up on the word "moist"? Pippa and Karina wade into the damp, the humid and the slightly wet as they dismantle English's most hated word (and repeat it enough to cure themselves of word aversion).

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