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961. Prompting, hallucinating, and more! Jess Zafarris, author of "Words from Hell," joins me for a word-of-the-year chat. Hang out with us as we look at how dictionaries are handling new words and meanings that have cropped up around emerging
907. The fabulous Kory Stamper, author of "Word by Word," joins me this week to talk about words of the year: how they get chosen, what makes each one different, and what people yearn for in their words of the year.| Transcript: https://gramma
903. A listener heard some jargon, and then got annoyed by "said" jargon, so we explored why. Plus, who the heck are your kith? And finally, we got excited about the first new Scrabble words since 2018.| Transcript: https://grammar-girl.simpl
898. Randall Munroe joined me this week to talk about his language-themed xkcd cartoons, his simple-language project Up Goer V, his biggest pet peeve, his favorite words, and his new book "What If? 2." But I have to confess that my favorite par
895. A listener asked why he's hearing people refer to men as "widows," and we found a surprising history. Also, I recently mentioned a blurb I wrote, and a reader wanted to know where we get that funny word "blurb."| Transcript: https://gramma
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If you're enjoying sea shanties these days, have you wondered why they're called "shanties"? Plus, I always have a hard time remembering how to spell "conscience." Here's my trick for getting it right.Subscribe to the newsletter for regular up
Why writing fanfiction can make you a better overall writer. Plus, my tricks for figuring out tricky pronunciations.Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing course.Join the conversation on Facebook
"Acedia": the lost name for the emotion we're all feeling right now. Plus, when does "thank you" need a hyphen?Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing course.Join the conversation on Facebook and T
Brandon shares funny stories about character and place names gone wrong, his writing struggles, and what the future holds for his work.Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. Watch my LinkedIn Learning writing course.Join the conver
Here's why you can ignore zombie rules and why it's actually better to write "What did you step on?" than "On what did you step?" (But also when you can't ignore those rules!) Then, I have two great memory tricks to help you remember the spelli
The root of "hysterical" may surprise you (and make you want to use "hilarious" instead). Also, things to remember when starting a novel.Use the hashtag #WhereIListen and tag me to show me where you listen to the Grammar Girl podcast.Subscrib
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Are Americans ruining the put-down "You've got another think coming," or was it the British band Judas Priest? Also, everyone loves Janus words like "sanction," "cleave," and "dust." We talk about what makes them special.Subscribe to the new
It's the Oscars of the language world: word-of-the-year data analysis and voting! A spirited conversation with Merriam-Webster's Emily Brewster about the 2020 words of the year.Subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. Watch my LinkedI
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