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Show notes for Episode 47
Here are the show notes for Episode 47, in which Dan talks to Fiona McPherson of the Oxford English Dictionary about:
Word of the Year 2023
What makes a good word of the year
Previous winners (and losers)
What new words can tell us about the world
Some of the best articles and updates about #WOTY2023 can be found here:
‘AI’ named most notable word of 2023 by Collins dictionary | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
AI named word of the year by Collins Dictionary - BBC News
Rizz named word of the year 2023 by Oxford University Press - BBC News
Got rizz? Tom Holland memes propel popularity of 2023 word of the year | Social trends | The Guardian
Dictionary.com’s 2023 Word Of The Year Is…
The Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year 2023
The Collins Word of the Year 2023 is…
Oxford Word of the Year 2023
Word of the Year 2023 | Authentic | Merriam-Webster
Macquarie Dictionary Blog
Cozzie livs: light-hearted term for cost-of-living crisis named Macquarie dictionary word of the year | Language | The Guardian
» Nominate the 2023 Words of the Year American Dialect Society
Japan chooses ‘tax’ as kanji of the year amid concern over cost of living
Opinion pieces about new words
The Collins word of the year shortlist shows we’re more self-obsessed than ever
Hallucinating AIs and What The Words Of The Year Lists Reveal About our Modern World
Rizz: I study the history of charisma – here's why the word of the year is misunderstood
Thread on Twitter responding to the ‘manosphere’ links
Who's got 'the rizz'? Apparently, just men
I get the need for ‘rizz’, but ‘influencer’ should be banned for ever
Contributors
Lisa Casey
blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)
Dan Clayton
blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog)
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social
Jacky Glancey
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey
Matthew Butler
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerCA
Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys
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Show notes for Episode 57
Here are the show notes for Episode 57, in which Lisa, Jacky and Dan talk about some recent Lang in the News, including:
Apostrophes and why their disappearance has signalled the end of civilisation
Johanna Gerwin’s new paper on how MLE and ‘Jafaican’ have been...
Published 05/23/24
Here are the show notes for Episode 56, in which Raj and Dan talk to Dr Danielle Turton, Senior Lecturer in Sociolinguistics at Lancaster University and Principal Investigator for a Leverhulme funded project on Lancashire rhoticity. We talk about:
Dialect levelling and why it’s a complicated...
Published 05/03/24