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I told him that I have a deering banjo, which I do. And I have played many a time on TikTok and wherever when I don't have nails. Okay? I've learned. Boil that cabbage down. I learned the shit from what's the scary move? Deliverance. Okay? I learned those, and I practiced them. I was nervous in the moment because, number one, I have acrylic nails. I can't do that shit. Okay, you can't play the banjo with acrylic nails. Number two, Marcus Mumford sitting next to me, okay? Like, there's a turd in my underwear. Number three, forgot it. Cause I was nervous. Forgot everything that I've ever played, everything I've ever learned on the banjo. And so he goes, yeah, let's hear it. And the minute I held it, I was like, I don't know. I held it. I said, I don't know how to play a banjo. I've never played the banjo. So let me go ahead and just hand this back to you. And then he goes, all right, that's enough. I thought that objectively hilarious. And he got my ass. Also, objectively, I'm humiliated. So I lay in bed at night thinking about that. And I also lay in bed at night thinking about this moment on Royal Court where I had a guest on. And I will not tell you who it is. I will never tell you who it is. But I had a guest on, and I was so nervous. And I don't really get nervous anymore, which is crazy. Unless it's, like, Green Chat and Peaky Blinders. Like, I can't. I can't. I had a guest on, and we were talking, and I brought up a project that he was in, and I said, I loved this movie. I know it didn't do well. I know people didn't really care for it, but I loved this movie. I think you were great in it. And he goes, what? What? Oh, I didn't know people didn't like that movie. Oh, I'm humiliated. I'm humil. Why did I say that? Why would you say that, by the way? Hey, what would ever prompt you to say that? Hey, that shit you made, that shit you starred in? No one watched it. Yeah, no one's ever heard of it but me. I did. I watched it. Only because I was prepping for your episode. Like, why did I do that? And of course, it got cut out. But, like, why? When Marcus Mumford handed me the banjo and I said, time to humiliate myself. Sometimes it is time to humiliate yourself. And it makes you better because you'll never do that shit again. At least that specific thing. Okay? And it teaches you about yourself. And I think that's beautiful. I'm pre saving the Peaky Blinders Immortal man soundtrack. So thank you so much. Okay, guys, let's talk about Night of the Seven Kingdoms. This show is some of the best television I have seen in so long. So long. Night of the Seven. And now I'm like, back in the world too, because also House the Dragon premieres in June. The trailer just dropped. This show and this universe is just the gift that keeps on giving. And I keep getting all these, like, infographics that just scared the out of me. Did you see that? I thought there was a roach on me. I thought there was a roach on me. I keep getting infographics about who Egg is and, like, down the lineage, down the line. And it's so interesting because, like, you think of these. These characters as, I guess, kind of two dimensional. Like they serve a purpose in this specific storyline. But what I love about Game of Thrones is everything is so well thought out. It is so well planned and everything is intentional. And when you create a story like Night of the Seven Kingdoms, which I'm. I've heard that they're going to milk for however many seasons they want, I go ahead. I'll be sat for every single fucking one. Just felt a chin here. I have to go pluck my chin hairs. Where are the chin hair? Girls? Raise your hands. Put them down. I love going back into this world and existing as not only like a spectator, but also you feel the depth of the relationship between Dunk and Egg. And it's only been five episodes and they're 30 minute episodes. It's like, that's such a feat. And the dialogue is so good. And in this fifth episode, Bitch. Oh, my God. That is the storytelling I'm talking about. When was the last time? I think we're in this age too, of so many TV shows. The showrunners and the people who greenlight these shows know that it's probably on in the background. You're putting this shit on in the background while you are on your phone. And because they know that, they almost make it a point in the writing or at the top of every episode to like every single scene. They're calling the characters by their name at the beginning of a sentence, or they're giving the exposition, the narrative through the conversation. Instead of like actual creative storytelling, you know, it's like, oh, no, you're gonna get back together with him after he cheated on you, it's like, why did you have to say that's not how two friends would talk about something as sensitive as that. You know what I mean? It's like such lazy, stupid, brainless writing. However, there is a market for that. And I understand wanting to watch a show where you can just turn your brain off and just. It's light watching. The type of television I gravitate towards is something that is incredibly heavy, incredibly dark, and has this kind of lead character that through all the morally gray areas we see of this character, you still want to root for them. And that's kind of something in both Peaky Blinders and Narcos and any character in Game of Thrones, any character in House of the Dragon, I mean, the way that they paint these people is so honest because it's not perfect and it's not with the goal of being relatable. They are telling these stories because they're interesting and they matter, you know, And I want to see incredible acting and I want to see the fruit of an incredible casting. Like these shows are just, you know, versus some other shows where you can just insert whoever and they can. Anyone could play that role. Like these shows, bruh. Shout out the casting directors because. Wow. 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Sleep soundly with bowl and branch get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at bowlandbranch.com Broski with code Broski that's Bowl and Branch B O L L a n d branch.com Broski code Broski to unlock 15% off exclusions apply the way that they did a flashback to his childhood. And by the way, the actor who plays Young Dunk perfectly nailed all of his mannerisms, his cadence. Like that is so that's what I'm talking about. Television is back, bitch. That is what I'm talking about. Like, I believe every word that comes out of every character's mouth. I believe the high stakes. I believe we are in flea bottom. I I believe everything. And there's such an immersive quality to following these characters, mind you, through places that we've seen in Game of Thrones. We've seen in you Know House of the Dragon as a kind of. When they parade the prince's body through and the dead dragon through Flea Bottom, through King's Landing. Like, we've seen these set design as a background when the main thing is, you know, our characters, our Targaryens, but now these no names completely, like, you are immersed in the world, how nasty and gritty and cutthroat and brutal it is. Where sometimes it's like, okay, I expect that from the royals. I expect that from these pompous, inbred, you know, fucking entitled narcissists who sit on the throne and pass it down. Pass it down. But the people who live. There's this amazing scene where young Dunk and Rafe are sitting somewhere and they have this conversation of, like, you know, we're hustling to make money to get out of Flea Bottom and to go to the Free Cities and go wherever. But I've heard some pretty terrifying things about the Free Cities. What if. And this is a real, you know, question, what if there's nothing better than this? And, like, what a real conversation between two young people, two young orphans who were thrust into that brutal world. And they still. Dunk, especially, is holding on to his innocence. And it's almost so disturbing and hard to watch that innocence be graded away at. But he has kept this kind of morally upright, you know, better. Where sometimes, you see, it's almost become the custom in Game of Thrones where they'll succumb eventually. Every single character has a bad quality. Every single character has selfish impulses or acts out in a way where they thought they were doing the best thing. That's why also, I'll recommend Red Rising until I'm blue in the face. The character writing in Red Rising is some of the. It rivals some of George R.R. martin stuff for me. And mind you, I've never read Lord of the Rings. Mind you, I've never read it. I will. Okay? I will. And I'm also going to do a movie marathon, and it's going to be a whole day. I am. I'm committing to Lord of the Rings because I feel like I'm missing out. And I also know that Acotar and Sarah J. Maas really, unfortunately kind of rips off a lot. This is what I've heard. Okay. You know, I'll judge it for myself and I'll tell you guys what I find. But it rips off some of the tropes and I guess storytelling in Lord of the Rings. Let me know, discuss it in the comments, because I Will definitely read it. But that is a common criticism that I see on Booktok and I would like to read it for myself to be able to draw comparisons. Anyway, wow. Night of the Seven Kingdoms. It's just incredible. And the way, I mean, they fit so much into 30 minutes. And it also goes to show that you don't need to make every single TV episode an hour. It does not need to be an hour because at the end of these 30 minute episodes, they have managed to tell so much story and I'm thirsty for more. It's like, how was that 30 minutes? I just started the episode. But that's fantastic because I cannot wait for the next episode. Dunk, dunk, sir. Dunking the tool. I genuinely love this show. And I was nervous. I was like, I don't see any women in the major cast. I don't see any women. Like, I would like to see a woman lead. But I do love this show. Okay. And I'll just leave it at that. And I haven't read the novella, which I probably. Of course, I have to now. Anyway, love the show. Things are doing amazing things with it. Gossip Girl. It's interesting going back and watching it because I know who Gossip Girl is, and I'm watching it and I'm like, they were careless with how that reveal feels. Like, okay, sure. Like, they didn't really care to hide it or not. They didn't care to make sure that everything he does aligns with that story of him being Gossip Girl. You know, like, there are certain scenes where, yeah, he's addicted to it or he's on his laptop typing it or whatever. But then I'm like, there are other things where a blast would go out and he's playing stupid, you know, he's, what? What? And I'm like, I don't know. I need to finish Gossip Girl because there's no fucking way that Dan is that for. For a character who is so insufferably holier than thou. I. I like watching him stumble and fall. I will say I remember season one, when I started watching Gossip Girl as a high schooler. I was addicted to Dan Humphrey, bitch. I wanted him so bad. I wanted him. I wanted Nate and I wanted Chuck Bass. And then through it all, by the way, Chuck Bass, horrible character. Horrible, horrible character. And I understand they tried to give him Death Girl. Horrible character. But him and Blair are made for each other. And then I kept thinking, when do they end up together? And now I'm on season three and they're like, not talking and I'M like, and I don't give a fuck about Dan and Serena, girl, just break up. Just break up. You were never going to be with her. And by the way, you both have fucking issues. And by the way, you're 17. So I'm rewatching it and I'm like, oh, so much of this story is just over and over and over. Let's get back together, let's break up. Let's get back together, let's break up. I would like something new. I do appreciate. I forgot the whole thing about Nate's dad was like a cokehead and was embezzling and like fled the country. I mean, some rich. That's real rich people shit. Rich people, rich dad abandons family for selfish reasons because he just can't stop. And then he goes to prison. And that also I just like, oh, I forgot about all this. I think I stopped watching around season three because I'm at a point now where I'm like, I don't remember this. And they're all about to go to college. I don't remember them being in college. So we'll see. But I will say I was very excited. Season one, season two. Now I'm at season three and I'm like, I'm over it. What's new? Okay, guys, the Winter Olympics. Everyone needs to get more Italian right now. Everyone needs to feel. Do something Italian today, okay? Make some bruschetta, maybe eat a tomato. Maybe cook something with 100% extra virgin olive oil. Maybe watch any Anthony Bourdain episode of him in Italy, okay? Cook a Roman dish. Read a Wikipedia article about the statue of David. Everyone do one Italian thing today. Just. Just do it, okay? I've been thinking a lot about the Winter Olympics. Every single sport in the Winter Olympics is kind of rich people activities, which I think is a bit funny. It's a bit inaccessible. And so I've been brainstorming ways of if the Winter Olympics were ever held in Broski Nation, which we are in talks to host. But that's a whole thing, you know, we'd have to build the stadiums and build the structures and like, where is that funding coming from? I don't know. I'll have to get a loan. But probably, you know, probably in the2030s we will be hosting. So you guys can prepare for that. I probably will have to demolish some of your homes to build the stadium, but I'm sure you guys will not mind because yay, heated rivalry. They'll be playing hockey and we're going to Have a special version of hockey in the Broski Nation Olympics that's kind of like gay sex hockey. We're going to make gay sex hockey and that'll be launching in the2030s. So, you know, we'll kind of give you details of how you can enroll, who can participate, will it be televised, you know, that kind of thing. But just kind of stay tuned for now. I really don't have any updates. I've been thinking a lot about what sports should we introduce? Because like I said, the Winter Olympics lean a bit towards like, if you weren't raised skiing in the Alps in the summertime, how would you ever get into some of those activities? Also, if you don't live in a cold climate, how do you have access to practice these sports? Okay. I would like to introduce some winter themed activities that we can make competitive and enter into the Olympics. Maybe not the 2028 Olympics, but definitely, like I said, the 2000 and 30s. Let's move some. Here are my ideas. Let's move some of the activities indoors. It's cold. No one wants to be outside. They're freezing. Guys, everyone's cold. Let's go indoors, let's light a fire and let's have a chili cook off. Okay. Olympic chili cook off. We are testing taste, we're testing presentation, and we're testing inventiveness of flavor and spice. Okay. Number two, I really like the idea. And of course we would schedule this after the chili cook off. We would do fastest butt wiping competition. We would do. We would do Olympic butt wiping and that would be involved. What would be involved in that is toilet paper versus dude wipe. And it doesn't have to be a dude wipe. It can just be a butt wipe. Fastest butt wiper. And we would put those in tandem because it's impressive and I think a lot could be learned after that. I think what would come about is fastest reading comprehension. I'd like to get a bunch of people in a room again, ski lodge, maybe around a fire, everyone's got a nice warm beverage. Fastest reading comprehension, Whoever can read a five page story, hit a bell and perfectly explain to me what they just read and be able to answer follow up questions about it. Okay. We need to bring back testing skills that matter. And I'm not saying that athletics and athleticism doesn't matter. It does. Okay? It's part of what makes us beautifully human. But I think reading comprehension actually should be tested first. I think we should start there and then we can move into, you know, who can, who can do A spin in the air. And I can't do a spin in the air. I'm not looking down my nose at it. But I am saying maybe we should be practicing both at the same time. Who could wipe their butt the fastest? Who could eat a hundred hot dogs in 10 minutes? Who can read? Who has the fastest reading comprehension, and who can ice skate and spin? These are just things that I am brainstorming. And another one that I think could be, it's similar to curling maybe. And I do like to watch curling because. What the hell are you guys doing? How do you get into curling? My dad was an Olympic curler. He did what? How do you get into that? I think it's fun. I love to watch it. But, like, wow. I would like to suggest Olympic level scraping the ice off your windshield in the morning before work. You're late for work, you come outside, you're like, I got to go. Oh, fuck, I forgot to warm up the car. Ice on the windshield. Who can scrape that shit the fastest? And who can kick the tire and have the ice and snow kick off it the fastest? Are you guys following me? I know. It gets to that point in the episode where you're like, what the hell is she talking about? Does anyone give a shit? Because I'm really introducing some great ideas here. Everyone get Italian right now. And also, we need to introduce butt wiping into the Olympics. And I have more. Don't worry. How about Jacob Elordi lookalike competition at the Olympics? How about Shane Hollander, Ilya Romanov lookalike competition at the Olympics. That should be an Olympic grade sport. That should be an Olympic grade activity. How about Paul Mescal look alike competition? Has anyone thought about that? We'll get that going again when we host it in Broski Nation. And yes, we will build a stadium for that. We'll build a stadium to have all the Jacob Elordi look alike. Go sit in your seat until you are called, okay? Until you are called. I do not want to hear from you. Go sit down. Because you have to talk to them like that. Sometimes men don't listen. Men don't listen. And they wander and they do what they want. Sit down. Okay. I have not called your ticket. Yeah, those are some things that I'm thinking of introducing because love the Winter Olympics. Love the Olympics in general. But yeah, I do think it's time to switch up some of the sports. Let's look up what are the most recent ly added Winter Olympic sports. Milano, Cortina. What the hell is Skeleton Alpine skiing, biathlon. Is that where bi people go and they. Bobsleigh, cross country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined. What the hell is Nordic combined, bro? Is that skiing? Cross country skiing and ski jumping, short track, speed skating. Now that shit's crazy. Why do they all have big butts? Why do speed skaters have big butts and they're hunched over? In what position are you hunched over and like clenching your butt? Or I guess it's the power that you need to like push off with each skate. Like your glutes are really getting. They all have big, big old butts and I love that for them. I just wasn't expecting it, but it does make sense. Skeleton, ski jumping, ski mountaineering, snowboard, speed skating. Okay, I would like to look into. What the hell. Skeleton. What is that? Skeleton is one of the oldest winter sport. This is the shit where they're on their bellies. Like, how do you even control the shit? How do you get into this? And surely this is all based on like, are you heavy or are you light? Right? Is it like the way you angle your head? I bet all of that. It's like F1. It goes into how well you do, how fast you go. What if I let on my back and then I that you push me down the mountain and we can see who does it faster? What? Skeleton is one of the oldest winter sports in existence. Unlike luge, where athletes lay on a sledge on their backs, skeleton racers tackle the track face down. I'm scared. Here's everything you need to know about the skeleton competition at Milano Cortina 2026.

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Diving head first, no breaks, just a slip. And power skates step into the world of skeleton. There are three Olympic events. A women's and a men's race. And brand new skeleton mixed team race. All races start with a 30 meter sprint. Full power.

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You have to run to that shit. Okay, wait. I have to lock into skeleton. This shit's crazy. This shit is crazy. You have to run to your position. What if you trip? Oh my God, that'd be so humiliating. Like, girl, go. Get up, get up.

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Then a clean launch onto the sled. Head low, just centimeters from the ice. Tucked in our aerodynamic suit to maintain speed. Our sled may look small, but it weighs up to 35kg for women and 43kg for men. Helping us stay in control and fast. Once we get going, we steer with our shoulders, knees and toes. Tiny movements that not look invisible to the eye. In high speed turns, we can experience

B (47:29)

up to 5G force, bitch. What the hell are you talking about? In corners, they can experience up to five GS of force. That's like a spacecraft or a roller coaster. What are you talking about? And you're controlling that shit. They're on a sled and they're controlling it with their shoulders and their knees and their toes. There has to be an easier way to compete where your head isn't 4cm from the fucking ice. Maybe I need to try skeleton. You know what? I get this, though. I bet it hurts your neck, but at least you can see where you're going. If I was laying on my back in the luge, I literally would be like, whatever happens to me just happens, happens. Because ultimately it's out of your control. Oh, my God. Did y' all see that clip of Colin snl. Colin doing the luge or, sorry, bobsledding. He said it was the scariest moment of his life. He stated he thought his bones were going to fly off his body. Like, yeah, actually. What the. How do you get in to a sport that is that dangerous? Shooting your body? The only one you get, mind you, down a sled, down a chute. I don't get it. I don't get it, but I respect it. Guys, I'm serious.

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We're aiming for clean lines in every transition. We get four runs down the track. The fastest combined time determines the winners. No bumps or late corrections. A perfect run doesn't guarantee goal. But without one shot, Feel the speed of the Olympic Winter Games. Milano, Cortina, 2020.

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Honestly, that just blew my freaking mind. I know what I'm doing later. I'm going on the Olympics website and I'm watching every single. Every single descriptor of every single sport. So I think that that alone. That alone suggests to me that you need. We need to change some things up, because it should not be that dangerous. And when we do it in Broski Nation, I'm going to do it where you can't go that fast. And I'm going to put up human bumpers. I'm going to put up, like, bowling safeguard bumpers because. Slow down. You're making me nervous. Has anyone ever died at the Winter Olympics? Has anyone died at the Winter Olympics? In the history of the Winter Olympics, four athletes and at least one team official have died during the Games or their immediate lead up. While athlete deaths are rare, all four recorded fatalities occurred during training or practice runs rather than official medal competitions. Oh, my God. 1964. Someone died during a training run two weeks before the Games. 1964 as well Alpine skiing. A 19 year old from Australia died after striking a tree during a practice run just days before the opening ceremony. Someone from Switzerland in 1992 died after colliding with a snow grooming vehicle during a warmup one day before the closing ceremonies. And someone in 2010 from Georgia passed away during a final training run on the day of the opening ceremony in Vancouver. That is just like. I can't. Oh, it's just so gruesome. And you're moving that fast. Anyway. Okay, let's move on to something a bit nicer. This episode is sponsored by SeatGeek. With over 35 million downloads, y' all know SeatGeek is the number one rated ticketing app. There's more than 70,000 events listed on SeatGeek, including concerts, sports festivals and more. There are so many artists going on tour in 2026. 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I wanted to look into the origin of cuss words because here I always have this idea of oh, I probably know where that came from and then I never look it up. I do know some words have a horrific history. Motherfucker has a horrific history. I mean like horrific, but words like shit and damn. Even the word hell, I want to know. I want to know where it comes from. Where does. Where do curse? And am I immature for saying cuss word? Why don't we say cuss word? Where do curse words come from? What the cuss? Discover Magazine let's look on Discover magazine. This is from 2023, and obviously I need to pick up this book. The words that come to fill that role. Okay, wait. Simply put, swearing is taboo language. Particular words that certain people deem unacceptable in specific settings within a given culture. The words that come to fill that role come from certain places in the human experience, says Benjamin Bergen, a linguist and cognitive scientist at the University of California, San Diego. I need to talk to Mr. Benjamin. He's the author of what the F What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves. They tend to describe things that are themselves taboo. In Latin, the word profanus translates to outside the temple, signifying words that desecrate sacred precepts. As such, words in English like holy, hell, and goddamn, or even names of religious figures like Jesus Christ become swearers when they're used accordingly, even if they're pretty tame by today's standards. Beyond religion, profanity can also come from language involving sex and sexual acts naturally, as well as bodily functions. In the latter category, you can find words describing vomit, urine, and, of course, feces. In certain cultures, death and disease can even become fodder for profane language. And what is fodder? Fodder definition food, especially dried hay or feed for cattle and other livestock. Now, I didn't know that. That's cool. In Dutch, for example, a long list of expletives are derived from the names of diseases, like the extremely offensive Kendra Leisure, which literally translates to cancer sufferer. Damn. It's the same general phenomenon. In all cases, a taboo about the world becomes a taboo about the word. Lastly, there are slurs among the most offensive of all, profanity. According to several studies that rank the offensiveness of English swear words. These derogatory terms refer to members of groups perceived as being defined by their race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, among others. And according to Bergen, the prominence of slurs in the US Is on the rise. Naturally, there's very clear empirical evidence that not only is there more of this type of language, but it's also judged to be more offensive, at least by younger Americans. I would agree with that. And I saw this thing that basically was saying, I forget the term they used, but it was like a far right extinction bubble, like the popping of the extinction bubble, which is basically like, it feels like there's a rise, but it's because they're backed into a corner. And it's because it's almost like a child being punished and like trying to act out because they know what's coming, you know, which is like, there's no room for that language and people like that. And so, yeah, they called it an extinction bubble pop. And it kind of put shit into perspective for me of like, yeah, it feels like it's getting worse, but really I think it's because it's about to get better. I don't know, Maybe that's just hopeful thinking. Who knows? Modern obscenity was born during the Renaissance. During the Renaissance, swearing started to more closely resemble modern profanity. Terms that had simply been direct or descriptive during the Middle Ages, like the C word, surely not C, which could once be found in medical treatises describing anatomy, began to take over as the new swear words. Most of the bad words were around in the Middle Ages. They just weren't swear words. These swears, often sexual or scatological in nature, reached their peak offensiveness during the Victorian era. This is when profanities largely vanished from print and speech and polite euphemisms took their place. The societal urge to veer away from anything deemed uncouth or explicit was so strong that even now, banal words like leg and trouser were seen as taboo. What the fuck? Oh, I'm tingling. Oh, I love this shit and I love learning about it. What the hell? But in private, there were all these hints that by around 1860, people were swearing basically the same way that they are now. It just rarely made it into the record, but it's in court cases and pornography. Around the dawn of the 20th century, however, profanity became much more public. During World War I and World War II, wartime correspondents tried to faithfully report on what soldiers were doing and saying, from trenches to submarines, including all of the colorful language they used. As a result, swearing started to bleed into newspapers and books. At that point, they're saying, fuck every other word. There's a quote from the era where someone says, we knew it was serious if the sergeant didn't say, get your fucking rifle. Today, slurs are increasingly replacing other forms of profanity as the most shocking and offensive words in the English language. And while research suggests that the bulk of profanity is mostly harmless, even when used around children, slurs are a notable exception to this rule. Duh. Because it's like when it's being wielded. If anything else is kind of an emphatic expletive, you know, to express any range of emotion, a slur is a very intentional, harmful, like, purposefully harmful use of language, a wielding of language where you know what those words mean and. And you know the impact that those words have. The Etymology of the top seven curse words. This is from Scribindy.com Here we go. This is what I wanted. Shit. The origin is the Old English shit. Diarrhea of Germanic origin, related to Dutch shiten and German scheissen verb. The Dutch and German words from whence shit came share the same meaning as the English word. That is they all essentially mean poop or to poop. They don't mean to defecate, as that word is a bit too classy and non vulgar to really reflect the meaning of shit. Some more interesting history for you. The words from which shit originates come from even older words meaning to part with, separate, or cut off. Even more interesting is the fact that the word shit actually used to be neutral with no vulgar connotations. That's so crazy how it morphs and changes. Like why? Why did it morph? Of course, there are many other ways to use the word as an expletive. Here are some examples of contexts in which the word can be used. Thank you, scribandy.com for telling me. Here's what they've written. Don't touch my. This is a really shitty movie. Don't you dare give me that. He's behaving like a little. Oh, no. I stepped in dog. It really is such a beautiful word. Like, it's so versatile. So much to do. Ooh, number two, piss. Number three, ass. Number four, Hell. Damn. Let's start with piss. The origin? Middle English, from old friend. Everything's from Old French. Everything's from Old French or Arabic. The Old French pisser. Pisser, probably of imitative. Imitative origin. In keeping with our theme of bodily waste, we have piss. Who wrote this? A relatively mild swear word, but definitely not something you'd like your grandmother to hear you say. The origin story for this one's pretty boring, but here's another little tidbit for you. The Old French pisse seems to refer not to urine itself, but to that which dispels the urine. It essentially means one who pisses, or that which pisses. Meaning it can refer to either a person or a certain male appendage. As with shit, there are many creative ways to use piss as a swear word. Of course. Piss off. I'm so pissed I need to piss. Ass. Old English arse of Germanic origin. Very crazy. How Old English. I need to look into all that. Old English seems to be two influences. Two major influences. Germanic and Old French. And what the hell is Old French? I wonder what documents were written in Old French, because I know famously, Beowulf was written in Old English or Middle English, actually, because Old English is is a different language. Middle English is similar enough to current day English where we can do translations, but Old English feels like, yeah, it's related to the Dutch ars and German arsh. Depending on where you live, ass or arse may be the more common variant of this word. While this word doesn't refer to excretion itself, it does of course refer to the body part responsible for that particularly unpleasant function, and thus is the butt of many jokes and insults. A donkey is also known as an ass, after its Latin sub genus name, a sinus. An ass is often used as an insult, essentially meaning a stupid or foolish person. I would say ass is more like rude. Like he's an ass. He's an asshole. Like he's mean and he's rude and he's selfish, not stupid or foolish. This is completely separate from its bum related meaning. It should be noted that while it's not at all insulting to call a donkey an ass, well, I would hate to offend the donkey. It would be quite rude to tell a donkey that it has a fat ass. All right, who wrote this? I'm over it. Whoever wrote that article is pissing me off, actually. Okay, guys, we learned so much today. Shit, ass, piss. Guys, if you want to watch the Broski Report or listen to it ad free, I have a Patreon. You can pay a small monthly fee to listen to every single episode ad free. If you want to do that, you can. If you don't want to do it, I'm not forcing you. Okay. If you would like merchandise, you can go to Broski Shop. We've got Moo Moos and we've got hoodies. Okay. If you would like to listen to the official Broski Report playlist on Spotify, we've got that too. It's in the description. And might I suggest to add to that list, Peaky Blinders, Green Chattin'. Okay? The song is called Puppet and it's fantastic and I love it. I want to plug Royal Court and I want to plug specifically this week. Something's happening that I need you. I need you guys to just please, please just brace. Anyway, love you guys. I will talk to you next week. Of course. 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