In this episode, Amy tries to track down an Irish word that isn't with "cracking", and Ryan learns about chest-sitting monsters with "nightmare". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or language trivia, this may be the show for you!

In this episode, Amy tries to track down an Irish word that isn't with "cracking", and Ryan learns about chest-sitting monsters with "nightmare".

Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of head-scratching language trivia, this may be the show for you!

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