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Playing Catch-up

Hi, all — We’re back after a brief summer hiatus. So much to catch up on! In last weekend’s archive edition, we discussed “interrobangs,” “pronequarks,” “catios,” “horse dumplings,”...

Newsletter In Brief

Hey, ho, here's a brief newsletter from "A Way with Words." In this past weekend's episode we talked about new words, Dick's hatband, bye week, simping, the parson's nose, and more: Also this past week, Martha took a look...

Replicate, Duplicate, Repeat

A former sociology professor shares a peeve about the language of political pundits: He’s irked when they say a candidate wants to replicate or duplicate his win. The professor explains why he thinks they should eschew those words and instead...

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