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Word of the Episode: Mawkish
The hosts introduce the word mawkish, which neither of them initially knows. They discuss its pronunciation and origins, noting confusion with similar-sounding words like "mockish" or "moccasins."
Looking up the word in historical dictionaries, they find that "mawkish" means:
Having a faint, sickly, or unpleasantly sweet taste (insipid).
Being weakly sentimental or feebly emotional, often used to describe something exaggeratedly or childishly emotional (e.g., a "mawkish love story").
The word’s roots are linked to the Greek for "masticate" (to…
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