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Building the Online Etymology Dictionary, with Doug Harper
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2026-01-15
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Using ‘impact’ as a verb. ‘Sympathy’ versus ‘empathy.’ Big help, Irving.
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2026-01-13
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Rare books, burned letters, and Johnson’s dictionary, with John Overholt
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2026-01-08
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Penny idioms that are still legal tender. The linguistic history of procrastination. Tanner tour.
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2026-01-06
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The Goth letters: why the alphabet goes off the rails after T, with Danny Bate
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2026-01-01
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War of the dots. Why we say 'pitch black.' Pitch hot.
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2025-12-30
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How a long-lost yearbook revealed the origin of 'hella,' with Ben Zimmer
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2025-12-25
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The origin of X in algebra. Why we say ‘how come’ for ‘why.’ Water handles.
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2025-12-23
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2025 Words of the Year, with Jess Zafarris and Danny Hieber
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2025-12-18
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'Pride and prejudice' before Jane Austen. Was Parson Brown a real person? Happy Panda.
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2025-12-16
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The 'sheeple' incident, with Stefan Fatsis
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2025-12-11
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The rise of the 'hamster wheel.' The many names of Santa Claus. Unattractive turtles.
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2025-12-09
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An inspiring tutor, 'New York System' hot dogs, and 'queen spotting.'
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2025-12-04
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Why Brits eat biscuits and Americans eat cookies. Why brands keep nouning everything. Hamster alert.
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2025-12-02
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Rob Drummond on languaging and our fluid speaking identities
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2025-11-27
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The sinful fork (and other dinner-table surprises)
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2025-11-25
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Why print dictionaries still matter, with Peter Sokolowski
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2025-11-20
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Personification in language and AI. Dictums, maxims, and proverbs. Expensitive.
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2025-11-18
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The secret rules of crossword puzzles, with Natan Last
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2025-11-13
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How '23 skidoo' & 'at sixes and sevens' are related to '6-7.'
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2025-11-11
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