Shits and giggles with The Expressionists
Warning: toilet humour ahead
“Down the toilet”, “when shit hits the fan”, “shit stirrer” and “I don’t give a shit” are among some of the most common, everyday — and maybe Australian — uses of toilet humour in our conversations.
Olivia Rosenman and Helen Rydstrand are The Expressionists, a podcast that’s all about idioms. Currently in its second season, the girls came by to chat with Nic all about idioms relating to our bodily functions in the bathroom.
Did you know the Oxford English Dictionary lists Hemingway, Norman Mailer and Henry Miller as some of the first examples of these toilet idioms? Who knew these 20th century writers would have such an influence on our shitty humour…
