Click on a word to hear the episode of the Allusionist concerning that word.

A

ack emma
actorness
AD
addle
adorable
adult
adulterate
adultery
afferent
affine/affinity
agave
aglet
alexithymia
alien
allistic
alloromantic
allosexual
allusion
Allusionist
almacantar
amanuensis
ambivalence
ambivert
amygdala
anaclitic
anarchy
Antarctica
anxious
aperitif
apples
apport
Arctic
argue
aromantic
asexual
Asperger’s syndrome
astronaut
astroturfing
asylum seeker
athlete
attraction
aught
auscultation
auspicious
autotelic
autism
Avalon
avocado

B

bacteria
bad hat
bail (noun)
bald
baleen
ball
ballot
banal
banting
barnacle
Basset Hound
BC
BCE
bee’s knees
bellycheer
bellytimber
beshrew
beyond the pale
bias
Bic
big bang
big rip
billion
Biro
bisexual
bishop (v)
black hole
Black Panther/s
blunge
blurped
bogeyman
bolas de fraile
bonanza
bonfire
boom
borborygmus
bork
botulism
Bovril
bowdlerization
braccate
bra/ssiere
Brazil/Brasil
bricole
broad
broadcast
brothel
brunch
Buck Rogers date
bucolic
Buffy
bugbear
bugle
bulldozer
bullshit
bum-bailiff
bumbershoot
bunt
-bur
burger
burke
burpee
bust
buttocks
buttonholing
buxom
buzzard
byblow

C

cacareco
cacerolazo
cachalot
cachinnate
calamari
calendar
calends
camelopard
campaign
cancrine
caper
caponier
caprine
capricious
carat
cardigan
careen
career
carpaccio
cataract
catastrophe
catoptric
cat’s pyjamas
cattle
cauldron
celebrity
cell slug
celsitude
chaos
charisma
chauvinism
Cheez
cherries
chickenpox
chick’n
Chip
choleric
chromosome
cipher
classic
clew
climate change
climate crisis
climate denier
clitoris
clove
clumsy
clue
cobalt
coccinellidae
coccyx
cock
coda
cold shoulder
comedo
comet
comity
compassion
complex PTSD
comstockery
congeries
congress
conjure
conscious uncoupling
continent
control
conversation
cordial
Cosmic Crisp
courage
coven
coventry (v)
coward
CQD
craft
crap
crone
crosswords
crypt
cuddlesome
cue
cueva virada
curry favour
cute
cwen

D

dandelion
dark matter
debate
debridement
decipher
decoct
decrepitate
deflower
deltiologist
democracy
demon
deplore
derelict
derive
devil
dick beaters
Dickensian
digs
disgruntled
dismay
dissolution
dittography
divorce
doctor
dord
dote
drabble
dromos
drycræft
dude
dynamite

E

eccentric
edaphic
electrocution
Elizabeth
embarrass
embouchure
embrave
emergency (conflict)
emoji
emolument
empathy
endorphin
endurance
enjoy
eponym
estovers
etiquette
eucatastrophe
eudaemonic
Europe
Eurovision
excelsior
exciton
exorcism
expatriate
explode
explore
extraposition
exuviae

F

fact
facturas
fame
fan
fanatic
fartlek
fascinating
February
fedora
fee
FeFe
feisty
felt
female
ferret
Fibonacci
fiche
fictile
figurant
filibuster
Fiona
fired
5x5
fleek
fleer
flockmaster
flotsam
Flora
floruit
fogou
fond
foot (euphemism)
fornication
fossil
frearson screws
freedom fries
freelance
frisket
frowst
fuck
fun
”The future is now”
futurism

G

gadzooks
gaff/e
galactagogue
gamete
gamut
ganache
garage
garderobe
garlic
gas
gaslighting
gastrolith
Generation X
geniculate
gerrymander
ghostwriter (French)
gig
giraffe
girl
glamour
glans
gleet
gloze
goatmilker
goop
gossamer
gossip
gralloch
Granny Smith
grantism
greenwash
greenhouse effect
grilse
Grimes Golden apple
grimoire
grotesque
grotto
grunge
g-spot
gubba
guillotine
guy
gymnastics
gynarchy
gyrus

H

haecceity
hag
haggard
ha ha
halation
halcyon
halteres
hamburger
hán
hangnail
haplology
harbinger
Harvey
haunt
healthism
heat death
hedge
hedgehog
hedge witch
hedonism
hello
hesternal
hibernacle
hippocampus
hippuric
homophene
horror
horst
howbeit
hundred
hurdles
hutment
hymen
hyperacusis
hyperbaton
hypochondria
hysteria

I

ichor
ides
idus
illywhacker
imagineer
immanent
immigrant
inauguration
incubus
infamy
influence
influencer
influenza
inselberg
inspire
intrigant
involuted
inwit
iPod

J

jack-o’-lantern
jacquerie
Jane Doe
jargon
jaunt
Javier
jeepers creepers
Jerusalem artichoke
jetsam
jetton
jillion
jink
John Doe
jougs
jouissance
jouk
junk

K

K
kalends
kalpa
karoshi
Keep Calm and Carry On
kennedy
kenning
keraunograph
khaleesi
killer
king bee
Kitchener
klittra
knickers
knots
kobold
kriegspiel
kype

L

lactometer
lacuna
ladino
lady
ladybird
ladybug
lagan
lalochezia
latibulate
latration
left
lemur
leotard
lesbian
lettuce
levant
libration
lick into shape
life hack
limnology
linstock
locorestive
log in
LOL
lord
lunula

M

[Apple] Macintosh
magic
magpie
make love
malversation
man
manure
maskinonge
Master
masturbation
mayday
McIntosh apple
meat
meatus
mediocre
melancholy
Mercedonius
mesearch
metachrosis
mete
meteor
meteorology
midinette
M-word (slur)
migrant
Millennial
mince
misogynoir
misophonia
Mister
mistletoe
molotov cocktail
moniliform
motherfucker
Mountweazel
mousse
Mr
Mrs
Ms
muid
muricate
muskellunge

N

nacelle
namaste
naiant
naught
naughty
nemesis
neuro-
neurodiversity
nice
nice guys finish last
nickel
nickname
nightmare
nimrod
nitwit
nival
nombril
nones
nootropic
normal
nostalgia
notoriety
nought
nuchal
nuncupative
nyctophobia

O

Oaken Pin apple
obelize
obelus
obese
obesity paradox
objectivity
obscenity
ocean
octopus
Olympics
omnicompetent
omophagy
onanism
on fleek
orange
orbit
osculum
Ostalgie
ostracism
ostrakon
ought
outwit

P

pale
Pangaea
panic
panning out
Panthalassa
paronomasia
parrot
party
patties
patulous
pavage
pelvis
pen
pencil
penis
pentathlon
perpendicular
person
perspire
phillips screws
phlegmatic
pica
picnic
pie
piebald
pilot
pinkwashing
pip emma
pismire
pithy
plantation
plantigrade
platonic
playing possum
please
pluck
plumber
podcast
poetaster
Pogs
Polari
polite
poll
poodle
popple
pornography
porpoise
portly
portmanteau
pride
proem
profession
pronk
prosopopoeia
prosthetic
psycho
psychology
PTSD
pudendum
pudeur
purfle

Q

quack
quadrivium
quadrumanous
quark
quean
queen bee
queer
queerbaiting
quell
queue
quillet
quinella
quinsy
quire
quisling

R

raccoon
radical
raglan
rainbow washing
rale
rangle
rantipole
rebeca
refugee
regulus
relationship
remuage
resilience
rhyton
Richard Roe
rival
robertson screws
robot
romance
rooster
rowel
ruelle