Search

Home > Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing > 790 - 'Laureate' Is Good. Why Is 'Resting on Your Laurels' Bad? 'Smarmy.'
Podcast: Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
Episode:

790 - 'Laureate' Is Good. Why Is 'Resting on Your Laurels' Bad? 'Smarmy.'

Category: Education
Duration: 00:15:21
Publish Date: 2020-09-24 19:00:00
Description:

If getting laurels is good, and being a Nobel laureate is good, how did we get to "resting on your laurels" being bad? Also, we learn that the word "smarmy" started as a joke (in fact, a kind of familect story).

Read the transcript: Laurels. Smarmy.

Use the hashtag #WhereIListen and tag me to show me where you listen to the Grammar Girl podcast.

Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. 

Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing course.

Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.

Grammar Pop iOS game.
Peeve Wars card game.

Grammar Girl books.

HOST: Mignon Fogarty
VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL (833-214-4475)

Grammar Girl is part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.

Links: 

https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/

https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts

https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe

http://twitter.com/grammargirl

http://facebook.com/grammargirl

http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl

http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl

https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl

 

Total Play: 0

Users also like

200+ Episodes
BBC Learning .. 2K+     800+
400+ Episodes
Comedy of th .. 700+     100+
20+ Episodes
Inglés en l .. 100+     10+
500+ Episodes
Brains On! S .. 300+     60+
600+ Episodes
Culips Engli .. 3K+     500+

Some more Podcasts by Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

900+ Episodes