I wonder who the first big podcasting pundit will be

Another word from my mother. Today it is pundit. A word I am sure many of us heard a lot during last years US presidential election.

Pundit is a noun and a pundit is a learned person or a source of opinions, a critic. This last sense is the one I think is most often used. In fact I bet many learned people think a pundit is specifically a political observer or critic.

Pundit comes from the Hindi or Sanskrit pandit meaning learned man or scholar. I think pundit is the first word I have defined that comes from hindi or sanskrit. And to be honest I am surprised by its origin. Although it certainly sounds Hindi there just aren't very many english words borrowed from Hindi. If you know of some others please send them to me at scott at todays podcast.com or leave me a comment at the site.