Channel: Good Mythical More
YouTube Video ID: FJLROFDDgXY
Episode Post Date: February 11, 2026
Episode Number: 2978
Transcript
How well do we remember the words of the year? Welcome to Good Mythical More. Merriam Webster, you know, the dictionary dude. Every year he names a Word of the Year and, uh, I don't know how many years he is been doing it for. Maybe we would discover that over the course of this conversation. Stevie, you're gonna give us one of these words. I think he's, I think he's dead and we're gonna guess the year that it's from. Yes. Okay. That part of what you said is correct. Okay. Uh, and, and what's the up two these days? You're gonna need to, you know, we're talking about a time period. We're, we're all in two thousands. Two thousands. Anything that starts with the two is fair game, I'd say. Okay. 'cause I want you to concentrate when you think they started doing words of the year anyway. Words of the Year is so internet anyway. Yeah. Mm-hmm. That's, yeah. Nobody cared about that. And you know. He's in the newspaper. Merriam is with the Times, man. Okay. Um, so when did he die? I wanna know. You'll see. And how did he die? I want to know. Okay, we're gonna look. When they started doing the words 2003, when did. And what's the worst, worst thing he did? Like, would he be canceled? It's not a guy. It's George and Charles. It's two guys. Well cut. I'm not saying, tell me now, I'm saying, tell me later. Yeah. Okay. So let, but Webster gets more of the love though because Webster's dictionary, a lot of times they don't conclude the Merriam. Um, yeah. Okay. I'm gonna give you a word. You are gonna try and guess the year based on vibes. Put yourself back in history, but only in the past, uh, you know, 23 years. Okay. Authentic. Okay. Authentic was, this was when the internet was shifting a little bit. There's actually been two authenticity waves. Whoa. Um, I have a guess. And I think that the first one was probably when people started recognizing like the reality of creator dom fake fakeness. And people, no, no, it's it. This is when people started, it was a buzzword. There was a cohort of people actually doing online content for real. And the way that the, it's great. Traditional, because it's authentic. Yeah. So literally like 2012, oh, that was gonna be my guess. Okay. Then 2012 is our answer. 2012. What's the second wave? The second wave is more, it might have been earlier, is um. The second, apparently there's a more recent wave, uh, which is, I didn't know there was a second wave. Yeah, there's a second wave of authenticity, but I don't think it's as big as the first wave. We're talking pre pandemic still 2019. Was it that close to 2012? Maybe the first wave was 2010. So then you got 2020. Every, every decade starts off with an authenticity era more, I'm gonna say it's 2013. There's a more recent wave because another type of content in response to another standup comedy, oh, AI. So I'm gonna say 2025. The word of the year in 2025 was authentic. 2024. 23. Okay. 2023. And it was because of conversations about AI, celebrity culture, identity, and social media. Hmm. Okay. All right. Okay. Whatever started back then, we're thinking the right things. Yeah. You're pretty good. We're, we're not getting in the right place yet. Blog. Blog. Oh God. Online journal where the writer presents a record of activities, thoughts, or beliefs. This is, if this started in 20, uh, 2003. Also known as a B log. Then I think this might be the, I think this might be 20 2003. I think this might be the first year. If it's not the first year. Um, it's the second year. I think it might be 2002. 2001. Did you say 2003 was the first year we could choose? Yeah, I think it might be 2001. Okay. I'm gonna go with 2003. The first year, 2003, 2004. Ah, the blog years. Yeah. 2004. Yeah. Became hugely popular in 2004. And started to influence mainstream media. Hold on. We had, remember, we had, uh, it's so interesting. We had, we, what you're doing right now is we are accessing experiential memories. We're not, we're not accessing some historical teaching us. This is not something we taught. This is something that we lived. Okay. I'm glad as adults, I'm glad that that doesn't exist. So that's why we're good at this. It's kind of like, um, when somebody looks at my closet and says, well, where'd you get those pants? Okay. Or something. Our two little websites that we had, I invite people into my closet. They don't exist anymore, and I'm not gonna say them because then we have to make them and then make them fake. Okay. That was a, that was a dead end. Okay. Okay. This one's pretty straightforward. Bail out. All right, so this is the financial crisis 2008, correct? 2008, yeah. Yeah. Why is my nose itching so much Like though that popcorn was hot. Hot. We were struggling. How many pieces of it did you have when they cut? We were like, milk. I think I ate four pieces. Oh, well that's your problem. I ate too. I looked at how many pieces you got and I said, well, I'll do the same. And I thought you had four, but what did you made it look like you had four, but you only had two. I mean, I thought it was only two. And um. I was like, uh uh, make milk. And then so they run out to get milk. They come back with a, with a gallon of milk, and I'm like, oh, this is so good. It's right there. I can see it. I'm gonna drink it. I'm gonna feel better. I was struggling. She start smelling the milk. It's like, what? It was bad. Yeah, it was bad. It was sour. I'm glad you checked, because that would've been insult to injury right there. Hold on. I drank it. No you didn't. I said just get half and half. Which I recently drank. I drank half and half. Yeah, that was half and half. I thought it was good milk. It was, it was the, it was, I was like, I hadn't had milk this thick in a while. It's the best milk, dude. Dang. Uh, I, I took some cereal on a trip, um, weekend before last, and I, or I ordered the cereal. If you're taking a little short trip on a weekend. Order you groceries, have 'em delivered. It's a little treat so you don't have to waste your time. They didn't have, they didn't bring any milk. See here I'm eating my sear with half and half. Oh, it can be done. Which was great. As we can, as we just proved. And then I'm, I, I ordered from another place 'cause we didn't have a car. To, um, deliver me milk. And you know, when it says if it's not available, then here's the second thing you'd get. And it was like, well, okay, if they don't have milk at this place too, just gimme chocolate milk. And then, um, 'cause I was like, and then I start, then I started secretly hoping that they didn't have milk so that I could eat my cereal with chocolate milk. That's a good idea. And then they. I saw the app said, we, we don't have milk. What do you want us to get confirming? And but by the time I saw it, they were already had already gotten. Where are you ordering this food from? They don't have milk. It, um, we we're on a ski trip to Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, so I think it was one of those, like, everybody's in town and they're buying the milk. They got no milk in Tahoe, huh? Apparently. And then when they, and then I started to get really excited about this chocolate milk in my frosted mini wheats. And it shows up and it was just a pro chocolate protein bottle. Oh God. So I needed to bail out, end of story, you know, put a little button on it to bring us back to the game. Professional stuff after. Do you, so you haven't been in our office fridge in a minute then. Because, or have you, I'm just asking, 'cause yesterday. I haven't drank. I looked in there and we have, um, you know how we used to have those little squeeze, squeeze packs that have like Yeah. Yogurt or applesauce and they're like, for children. Yeah. But they're really delicious. Yeah. Now we have the exact same thing, but the packaging looks like it's for adults. Great. It says something like. What does, does anyone remember what it said? It says like extreme, but it's like extreme. It says apple sauce. Does it say ass on it? It says something. Yeah. For hell it says ass. It's as packets. Squeeze the, squeeze the hell out of this ass. Yeah, I was quite, oh no, it says active. It says active. That's, and it's shaped like a ass, and you can squeeze it. Yeah, that's exactly what, no, they're not adult packages. Oh yeah. They're just apple, apple sauce for adults. All right. I was quite excited. Um, nose is itchy. Truthiness. Truthiness. Truth coming from the gut, not books. Preferring to believe what you wish to believe rather than what is known to be true. Okay, so do, do We are in an age of Truthiness. I, uh, I hate this word by the way. It's like it's not a word. Well, it is not a word. Yeah, but you, but you know what? This, this is people, this is people doing their own research. Uh, so we're, we're, we're, we're in the, is this fake news stuff when fake news really started to happen? Um, yeah. Well, this is, yes. And this, or, or just social media? I don't think this necessarily gives you a hint. Uh, it was created by Colbert. Oh, 2010? No, no, no. It's not that early. Yeah, that's early. This is, this is like 2016. Um, 20 16, 20 17. When was the election? 2016. That's older than that. 2020. Well, that's, that's, that's younger. So is it stuff that if it, if it led up to that point. Interesting. This is the year I graduated from high school. Oh, wow. Okay. I did not, oh, don't say. Oh, wow. Oh wow. Oh wow. I mean, you graduated from high school would be 2006. Yeah. Um, this is that old, excuse me, this is as far as words go. I mean, and Colbert came up with it for a Stevie, for a word, you are old. Yeah. But for a person you're not. I know it's okay. It was in the Colbert report. It was like a very tongue in cheek kind of thing. Like you said, you hate the word link like it was meant. It was meant to be like a word that sucked. You're back. Back from the bathroom. Oh, you guys know I was in the bathroom. Matt, we've told you so many times. We can hear the door when it opens. It sounds so loud. Well, why do they have a door there? And it's always only you? Why do they have a door? Yeah, let's get rid of the bathroom door. I mean, let's solve the problem. That seems like victim blaming. Oh, next word, gaslighting. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Gaslighting how long the definition is, this is why people like me don't really still understand what gaslighting is. 'cause the definition's too long to read. Gaslighting became popular at the same time that everyone concluding that a member of their family was a narcissist became very popular. You know, like that. Uh. That was kinda like the same year when they were living together in the pandemic. Um, 2022. 2022. Yeah. A psychological manipulation of a person, usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality or memories, and typically lead to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, certainty of one's emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator weight. Or is that what it means? Says that 2022 saw a 1740% increase in lookups for the word lookups. Can we say searches for the word cast? Yeah. Lookups are gonna be the year, the word of the year this year. Yeah. Lookups. Lookups. How many lookups you got in 20 said 26. Okay. That was. I mean, that was, you got it right in the, in the first, uh, yes. Um, this is also not word. Woot. Woot. Expressing joy. Woot but, but W zero zero. Yeah. I was like, are those zeros or this is, this is when, uh, texting became mainstream. It's not, not to be confused with who There it is. Woot. Woot. Woo woo. Woo. 2006, 2007. 2004. Correct. 2007. Good work. Good work. Never used that. I don't think I have. Um, well, are we good at this? I think that you're, you're getting life better as you go on. Okay. I bet. This is a history that I live firsthand is why you're gonna nail this. One. The word is feminism. Feminism. Now, what does that mean? The theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes. Feminism. That's an interesting theory. I mean, but hey, it's just a theory. Yeah. Okay. I believe in it. I am one, like gravity. I am one. When did this become the word of the year? I don't know. Me too Movement. I mean, if we're in the two thousands, we have to. Because, because women, yeah. But they, they first started to vote in 2000, right around the same time that this, uh, words of the Year came out. One of the first things they voted for was that there would be words of the year. This is, this is, yeah. Uh, I don't think you think they would come out of the gate with feminism. It doesn't seem cre, it doesn't seem creative enough to be associated with like, I. Every word has been, you're scaring me. No, I'm just, this is a very creative word. No, I'm just saying that like, you've got multiple, you know, waves of feminism and so, and like this was first talked about decades ago, this is tied to an event, a political event, but we've had so many political event that it's difficult to recall. Um, so this is, uh. Hillary, Hillary running for office. So 2016, did we say 2016 already? Have we said that close? 20 15, 20 17. The women's March on Washington DC Oh yeah. The Women's March. So it was, yeah. So when Hillary lost. I, I'm not, I don't know. Let's, yeah, I was there. I was there. Let's save our mental, I wasn't there. Mental health. I mean, you were there and you, I mean spirit. You were, I mean, just saying like you were, you were alive during I was alive. Yeah. You were alive. Yeah. Okay. This is just the layup. Pandemic 2020. Yeah. And why? And outbreak of a disease. Because that's when the disease broke out. Six. Hey, six years ago, y'all. How, how, how, what's the frequency of the pandemic coming up in conversation these days, six years later? You know, uh, I'm, well, it depends. It depends on the reference because you hear, you don't hear any, any reference. Just, well, you hear it more as like a, you know, a time period, like we've discussed it, like less the, um, yeah. So it might, does it come up once a week now? Once a month? Are we at once a month at least? Often Once a month. Twice a month. Yeah. I think maybe once a month. Now we're on, we're on weekly. Weekly back here. Oh, really? We have a weekly pandemic meeting. Well, anytime you're trying to figure out when something happened. It's like, I think it was pre pandemic, like everyone. Yeah. And also anything that's post pandemic, you can't figure out, you can't remember what year it was, but just, you just talked, made that joke about everybody got, uh, gaslighting when they live with their family during the pandemic. Right. It comes up all the time. Comes up all the time. But those years, when you're talking about dates 20 20 20 to 2026. It's really hard for me to remember specific events tied to specific years. I just can't do it. Like if you say, tell me what happened in 2021 or 2022 or 2023, I'd be like, I gotta go to my photos app. I like, I got, I can't, there's, I can't think about it like that. If you start asking me like, what happened in 20, in 2008, 2009, 2010, distinct memories start popping up. What is, what is what happened? Am I the only one that thinks this way? No, I think it's because the pandemic, like, you know, it flattened time into, into so many time periods that it's hard to, yeah, it's hard to remember it. Flattened. Plus, that's exactly when we told Carney about the bathroom door having a sound and not to use it. And clearly he doesn't remember. I used to come in when nobody was here during the pandemic and I would use that bathroom door and I won't stop. I refuse. It's cleaned up in there now. It's not scary anymore. Well, you haven't seen since I've been in there. Get the Mythical outdoor blanket as a third degree, quarterly or annual member by March 31st at Mythical society.com.