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The English We Speak

Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme. From BBC World Service

Pizzazz

06 April 2021
02:53

Oomph

30 March 2021
02:53

Snap up

23 March 2021
02:21

Nothingburger

16 March 2021
02:34

Awesomesauce

09 March 2021
02:22

Clout

02 March 2021
02:28

GOAT

23 February 2021
02:34

Workation

16 February 2021
02:59

Moonshot

09 February 2021
02:57

Slap-bang

02 February 2021
02:27

Sadfishing

26 January 2021
02:50

Mic drop

19 January 2021
02:17

Tone deaf

12 January 2021
02:54

'A' game

05 January 2021
02:39

Frontliner

28 December 2020
02:34

On fleek

15 December 2020
02:29

Contact tracing

08 December 2020
02:30

Key worker

01 December 2020
02:45

Sharenting

24 November 2020
02:57

Plastic footprint

17 November 2020
02:51

Spoiler alert!

10 November 2020
02:35

Listicle

02 November 2020
03:02

Doomscrolling

27 October 2020
02:34

Crowdsourcing

20 October 2020
02:34

One step at a time

13 October 2020
02:28

Bog-standard

06 October 2020
02:22

A wake-up call

29 September 2020
02:50

Climate emergency

22 September 2020
02:41

Thirsty

15 September 2020
02:36

Vanilla

08 September 2020
02:36

Roast

01 September 2020
02:40

Sticking point

25 August 2020
02:51

Flatten the curve

18 August 2020
02:23

Living in a bubble

11 August 2020
02:18

Cancelled

04 August 2020
02:32

New normal

28 July 2020
02:24

Slippery slope

21 July 2020
02:25

Throw shade

14 July 2020
02:32

Bite the bullet

07 July 2020
02:36

Blended working

30 June 2020
02:28

JOMO

23 June 2020
02:31

Furlough

16 June 2020
02:58

Spill the tea

09 June 2020
02:27

Flexing

02 June 2020
03:08

Salty

26 May 2020
03:42

Skeleton crew

19 May 2020
03:05

Lowkey

12 May 2020
03:38

Live for something

05 May 2020
03:37

Cabin fever

28 April 2020
04:06

Bang on about something

21 April 2020
03:08