Word Matters

102 Episodes

1. Dictionary Arcana

   Published: 3/16/2022
2. A Pair of Suffixes and The History of 'Ditto'

   Published: 3/9/2022
3. On Secretly Gendered Language

   Published: 3/2/2022
4. How to Order Adjectives

   Published: 2/23/2022
5. When Nouns Act Like Adjectives

   Published: 2/16/2022
6. Dipping Into the Mailbag: 'Yeet,' 'Typeface' vs. 'Font,' and 'Lo and Behold'

   Published: 2/9/2022
7. The History of the English Language (The Podcast)

   Published: 2/2/2022
8. Words That Began as Metaphors

   Published: 1/26/2022
9. Inside Our Citation Files

   Published: 1/19/2022
10. Getting Philosophical About the Dictionary

    Published: 1/12/2022
11. The Newest Words in the Dictionary

    Published: 1/5/2022
12. The Year in Words 2021

    Published: 12/15/2021
13. Our Word of the Year 2021

    Published: 12/8/2021
14. Researching Slang (with Ben Zimmer)

    Published: 12/1/2021
15. Why Is There No 'N' in 'Restaurateur'?

    Published: 11/24/2021
16. 'Decimate': Use It However You Want

    Published: 11/17/2021
17. What It Means to 'Call an Audible'

    Published: 11/10/2021
18. 'Sneaked' vs. 'Snuck'

    Published: 11/3/2021
19. The Etymology of Insults

    Published: 10/27/2021
20. How Words Are Dropped from the Dictionary

    Published: 10/20/2021