{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Kudos &amp; Magical Glory","description":"I don\u2019t remember the first time I heard the word \u201ckudos,\u201d but I distinctly remember thinking that it was 1970\u2019s slang. How wrong I was! I only found out last week, though, that \u201ckudos\u201d goes all the way back to the days of Homer, meaning \u201cmagical glory\u201d in ancient Greek. This means, if someone says, \u201ckudos, you did a great job at the game,\u201d the original meaning was more like, \u201cMagical glory! Man, you\u2019ve been blessed by the gods. Great job.\u201d How cool is that? There\u2019s a fierce battle raging among linguists about this word (something I\u2019d love to see in person). I go into details in episode 69 of the Vocabbett podcast! ","author_name":"Vocabbett - Fun Vocabulary &amp; History Stories","author_url":"https:\/\/www.vocabbett.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17719514\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/17719514"}