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    Lexicon Valley

    A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.

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    Defecation Presentation Apr 04, 2016
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    The earliest known example of "sh-t show" is from an English-language translation of a 1970s criminal trial in Germany. But what was the word or phrase being translated?

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    LinguaFile XXII | Grain of Salt Mar 08, 2016
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    On the origin of a skeptical phrase, with lexicographer Ben Zimmer.

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    The Full, Firm, Valiant and Heavy-Hearted Trump Feb 22, 2016
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    When exactly did sad become an insult?

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    LinguaFile XXI | Wazzock Feb 08, 2016
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    A peculiar insult from the north of England has the Oxford English Dictionary stumped, with lexicographer Ben Zimmer.

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    The Fall and Rise of the Singular They Jan 27, 2016
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    A pronoun that English borrowed from its Scandinavian neighbors gets new life as an alternative to he and she.

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    LinguaFile XX | In Cahoots Jan 11, 2016
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    The curious case of a conspiratorial coinage, with lexicographer Ben Zimmer.

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    Tears of Joy, Identity and a Prism of Isms Dec 28, 2015
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    Editors at Merriam-Webster, Oxford University Press and Dictionary.com discuss the one word they believe best represents 2015.

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    LinguaFile XIX | 86'd Dec 14, 2015
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    On the early-20th-century origins of a bizarre food-industry code, with lexicographer Ben Zimmer.

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    Snoozefest Nov 30, 2015
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    The energetic history of the word sleep.

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    LinguaFile XVIII | Hootenanny Nov 16, 2015
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    On a word that was popularized during the 1940s folk movement, with lexicographer Ben Zimmer.

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