Word Matters

105 Episodes

1. All About Abbreviations

   Published: 4/6/2022
2. The History of 'Whistleblower'

   Published: 3/30/2022
3. What does it mean to be 'at large'?

   Published: 3/23/2022
4. Dictionary Arcana

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 11/10/2021