The word 'hypochondria' has travelled from meaning physical ailments in a particular region of...
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Podcasts de Lexicography
When Spanish missionaries arrived in what is now called Florida, there were 100,000-200,000...
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We’re returning to the theme of renaming, for two food-related renamings: the first one that...
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This episode, and the next couple of episodes, are about word games! Today, Joshua Blackburn...
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328: She Writes Dictionaries (featuring Jane Solomon)
What goes into writing a (not the) dictionary? We talk to lexicographer Jane Solomon of...
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Erin McKean (@emckean) is a lexicographer, programmer, and start-up founder. We spoke to her...
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It's official: 'bogan' has made it into the Oxford dictionary. It's language's highest bar to...
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The year 2011 brought many words and phrases to prominence. 'Occupy' captured a lot of attention,...
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The Oxford English Dictionary has added 900 new words, including Internet-inspired abbreviations...
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The Moment - Bryan Garner: 5/18/15
Bryan Garner, author, lexicographer, and subject of David Foster Wallace’s essay Authority and...
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Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo discuss a mystery word or phrase with lexicographer Ben Zimmer. Show...
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Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to Jonathon Green, author of The Vulgar Tongue and Green's...
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e19 – All the words with Erin McKean
This episode we talk with Erin McKean, founder of online dictionary Wordnik, about her history of...
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Some people have origin stories. Pardis Mahdavi has a hyphenation story. Her Iranian family was...
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Some people have origin stories. Pardis Mahdavi has a hyphenation story. Her Iranian family was...
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On this episode of Articulate Experience—three writers whose love of language propelled their...
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Fun With Words and Lexicographer Emily Brewster
Lexicographer Emily Brewster is back to settle some word related disputes! Word origins, uses,...
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Fun With Words and Lexicographer Emily Brewster
Lexicographer Emily Brewster is back to settle some word related disputes! Word origins, uses,...
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