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What Happened With Reddit and GameStop? And What Does Language Have to Do With it?
Podcast Episode
Spectacular Vernacular
Aug 17, 2021
10:22 AM
Why Did the Olympic Opening Ceremony Feel Different This Year?
Podcast Episode
Spectacular Vernacular
Aug 03, 2021
6:00 AM
Why John Linnell of They Might Be Giants Started Writing Lyrics in Latin
Podcast Episode
Spectacular Vernacular
July 20, 2021
6:05 AM
The History of Going “Apes–t”
Ben Zimmer
June 19, 2018
4:48 PM
Civil War Correspondence Suggests the Phrase “Kick Ass” Might Be a Century Older Than We Thought
Ben Zimmer
Oct 10, 2017
7:33 AM
Why Do We Call White House Happenings “Palace Intrigue”? The Intriguing Explanation.
Ben Zimmer
Aug 09, 2017
7:33 AM
Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch Says Republicans “Shot Their Wad” on Health Care. Wait—He Said What?
Ben Zimmer
Aug 07, 2017
2:24 PM
A Georgia Congressman Thinks the Senate Needs Someone to “Snatch a Knot in Their A–.” Um, What?
Ben Zimmer
July 27, 2017
1:25 PM
A Podcast About Profanity Goes Deep on “the C-Word”
Ben Zimmer
July 27, 2017
8:03 AM
Rick Wilson Says People Are Afraid of Trump Going “Rips— Bonkers” on Them. What Does That Mean?
Ben Zimmer
May 19, 2017
3:15 PM
A Hero for Our Time: We Found the Man Behind the Priceless Trump Insult “S—gibbon”
Ben Zimmer
Feb 13, 2017
2:36 PM
The Surprising Rise of the “S—gibbon”
Ben Zimmer
Feb 09, 2017
5:42 PM
Where Did Hillary Get a Phrase Like “Basket of Deplorables”?
Where Did Hillary Get a Phrase Like "Basket of Deplorables"?
Can Mel Gibson Pull Off a Portrayal of OED Editor James Murray?
Why Do Some People Call Rock-Paper-Scissors Roshambo ?
How Hamilton Centers the Power and Pleasure of Language
Red Herring: A Wild Goose Chase That Stinks From Fish
Take It With a Grain of Salt! But Why a Single Grain? And Why Salt?
