nickname / said by James and Jimmie
Murder Turkeys
What does "Murder Turkeys" mean on Small Town Murder?
The name the hosts gave their listeners, taken from a man in that week's story who kept calling everyone turkeys. Fans adopted it as their own name for themselves, and the hosts greet them as turkeys, often with a gobble gobble.
- Kind
- nickname
- Usually said by
- James and Jimmie
- First heard
- Episode 409, 27 July 2023
The story behind the phrase
Where did "Murder Turkeys" come from?
It starts near the end of episode 409. James is complaining about podcasts that give their listeners a name, then says "you know what we are, we're the turkeys", and settles on "Small Town Murder turkeys". He says "we're bringing turkey back", which seems to echo a word from that week's story.
The show had gone about 400 episodes without naming its audience, because James thought naming listeners was a bit insulting. The turkey name came as a joke in the moment, and Jimmie joined in straight away with "you bunch of turkeys".
How is "Murder Turkeys" used now?
It stuck, and James greets and thanks listeners as turkeys, often with "gobble gobble". He asks "how's it going out there, turkeys" in the same episode, and signs off "until next week, you turkeys" in episode 417. By episode 431 he is praising "the gobblinest turkeys in the world".
When was "Murder Turkeys" first said?
It was first heard in episode 409, "Cousins, Lovers & Killers", on 27 July 2023, at about 1:08:15.
"Small town murder turkeys."
Coined on the spot during a rant about podcasts that give their listeners a name: James says they have gone years without naming the audience, then decides "you know what we are, we're the turkeys... small town murder turkeys... we're the turkeys from now on", borrowing the word from a man in that week's story, who called everyone turkeys. Jimmie joins in at once with "you bunch of turkeys", and the pair work out a turkey-peck fist bump; it is new here rather than an established joke.
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Found by searching the transcripts; speech recognition can miss a use.
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