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Looking for a lighter take on the global pandemic? Have you ever wondered how they come up with the names of new diseases? This week on Bunny Trails we'll walk you through the Word History of "coronavirus", as well as the process for naming the viruses and the diseases. We'll talk who names them, how they name them, and why they name them as they do. Plus, we'll talk about the best COVID-19 memes!   Join the Community Check out our website Follow us on Twitter!

Shauna and Dan debate whether seeing the world through rose-colored glasses is a good thing or a bad thing. History sure has an answer, but it's an interesting journey on this week's Bunny Trails! Originally aired June 19, 2018.   Join the Community Visit our website   Copyright 2020 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

Heads will roll is often used to declare someone will be punished, but not with a literal decapitation. But it's predecessors origins - and our phrases re-popularization - are rooted in far more literal realms. This week's show features blood-lusting Kings, murderous Queens, tyrannical dictators, with surprise appearances by William Shakespear, Lewis Carroll, and Beetlejuice. #BunnyTrails Check out our website! Become a Patron of the Arts like rich people OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!

Shauna and Dan break down "Ugly" and "Duckling" to find the source of this fairy tale phrase. Shauna struggles with a word but finds she can sing it just fine. Dan makes bad jokes. Despite the mean sounding phrase, it's a heartwarming coming of age tale on this week's #BunnyTrails! Check us out at home!   Copyright 2020 by The Readiness Corner, LLC - All Rights Reserved

This week is a look back to February 2019 where Shauna and Dan explore a brief history of Valentine's Day and the phrases Match Made in Heaven, Love Is Blind, All's Fair in Love and War, and Love at First Sight. #BunnyTrails    

A Little Birdie told us this phrase originated with the King James Bible. A quick search shows us the King James version of the Bible isn't even the first version to use the concepts, though none of them use the exact phrase. So join us to see just how this phrase did get its start, and what we were saying before that Little Birdie brought us the news. #BunnyTrails Support Educational Podcasts Check out our website Short Bursts of Inconsequential Information

Another one gone and another one gone and another one bites the dust... From Queen (the band) to Homer (the Illiad), Bite the Dust has a long and storied history. Listen now to hear how this phrase from the ancient Greek made its way into the English lexicon to mean dying, falling down, and being mortally wounded! #BunnyTrails Join the Community Check out the show Find us on Twitter

Are you a morning person or a night owl? This week, Shauna and Dan explore the phrase, Crack of Dawn... as in I'm getting up at the crack of dawn. Or maybe going to bed at the crack of dawn. We won't judge. Along the way, we'll talk Cracking Up, Cracking Jokes, Breaking ones Fast, and Break of Dawn. So much fun in store for you this week on #BunnyTrails!   Visit us online.   Want to help support the show?   Did you know we have a Youtube Channel?  

Welcome to Season 3!!! We've got new audio equipment and Dan is still fighting a cold, so between those two things the audio is a bit wonky. But don't lose the thread here, we'll fix it before next week! This week Shauna and Dan explore the phrase, Lost the Thread, which is way older than Dan thought - but Shauna pretty much nailed it.

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained. Despite its mysterious French roots, this phrase enjoyed some fun variants while making its way to the phrase we use today. So check out the season 2 finale of #BunnyTrails cause as they used to say, nothing ventured, nothing have. Join the Community Links to everything we do! Follow us on Twitter

Did Davy Crockett coin the term "Head Over Heels in Love"? No. Does the phrase, "Head Over Heels" have something to do with our head being slightly forward of our heels, despite it being higher? Most likely not. So where does this phrase come from? Well.. buckle up for a fun journey through a variety of ways this idiom was used before we landed on the way we use it today.  Episode Artwork by Rosie Chomet, used with permission. Find her work at www.instagram.com/rosiechomet Help keep #BunnyTrails going at www.patreon.com/bunnytrailspod Find links to everything we do at www.bunnytrailspod.com 

This week, Shauna presents some theories and asks you to take them with a grain of salt. Dan knows too much about Pliny the Elder, but not enough about almost anyone else of the time frame. Along the way we talk cooking strategies, American arrogance, and Latin.  #BunnyTrails Join the Community at www.patreon.com/bunnytrailspod Jibber jabber with us at www.twitter.com/bunnytrailspod Catch us at our internet home www.bunnytrailspod.com  

Minds out of the gutter people. This completely safe for work episode talks about six of our favorite phrases with the word "nine" in them. Did "Dressed to the Nines" really start with a military unit? Is "Nine Days Wonder" the predecessor to 15 minutes of fame? Do cats and wives both have "Nine Lives"? Find out on this week's #BunnyTrails! Join the Community! www.patreon.com/bunnytrailspod Follow us on Twitter! www.twitter.com/bunnytrailspod  

Is the phrase "Loss for words" or "Lost for words"? Turns out it's not that simple. We put the more popular of the two in the title, but that doesn't necessarily give it the edge. Plus, Shauna again shares her love of the Urban Dictionary while Dan explains why he prefers a certain pronunciation of 'pendantic'. Join us for another fun week of #BunnyTrails! Join the Community! www.patreon.com/bunnytrailspod Get links to everything we do! www.bunnytrailspod.com Follow us on Twitter! www.twitter.com/bunnytrailspod Delete your Facebook! https://bit.ly/371dJOU 

This week Shauna and Dan watch the changing of the leaves and ponder the origins of this phrase. Which word is more important to the phrase, turn or leaf? Learn the history of both, plus listen to Dan struggle to say Walter Matthau's name. What does Walter Matthau have to do with this idiom? Find out now on #BunnyTrails! Join the Community www.patreon.com/bunnytrailspod Find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/bunnytrailspod Get links to everything we do www.bunnytrailspod.com 

Hematophobes might want to sit this one out. Shauna and Dan delve into several idioms with the word, "blood" in them. Some you'll know, like "Blood on your hands" and "To taste blood". Some you might not know, like the hunting term "In blood" or the fighting term, "To the blood". They even test the waters on a common origin story of "Blood is thicker than water". Check out our Halloween Special for 2019! #BunnyTrails Join the Community at www.patreon.com/bunnytrailspod Hit us up on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bunnytrailspod Or visit us at our internet home at www.bunnytrailspod.com 

Have you ever heard the phrase thick as inkle-weavers? Yeah, us either. But it turns out to be the basis for a phrase you probably HAVE heard, so join us as Shauna inkle-weaves this fascinating tale! #BunnyTrails Join the Community at www.patreon.com/bunnytrailspod Head to our website www.bunnytrailspod.com Or catch us on Twitter www.twitter.com/bunnytrailspod  

This week Shauna and Dan take a close look at the phrase 'Steal My Thunder'. Shauna waxes poetic at the intersection of literature and science, while Dan sings and recounts his knowledge of Texas Wars of the 1800s. #BunnyTrails Join the Community www.patreon.com/bunnytrailspod Get transcripts at www.bunnytrailspod.com Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bunnytrailspod  

This week in the United States is Fire Prevention Week, so we talk a few of our favorite phrases with the word Fire in them, including On Fire, Through Fire, Where's the Fire, and more! #BunnyTrails Join the Community at www.patreon.com/bunnytrailspod Find links to everything we do at www.bunnytrailspod.com And catch up with us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bunnytrailspod   

Why would anyone want to kill a cat?! This week we re-discover the origins of Curiosity Killed the Cat - originally broadcast in March 2018. Shauna geeks out of scientists who had curiosity get the better of them, Dan gets pedantic about Pliny the Elder, and they both go a little hard on Shakespeare. Check it out! #BunnyTrails sbceym00DBryFsWQYZch Join the Community at www.patreon.com/bunnytrailspod Get links to everything we do at www.bunnytrailspod.com Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bunnytrailspod and use #BunnyTrails to tell your friends about the show!