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Back to EpisodesRewriting Words and Taking Offense
Published 7 years, 3 months ago
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Why do we rewrite perfectly good words? And what is the power of offense? [18:50]
This week, "Captain of Efficiency" Aaron and Joey talk about idioms, Shakespeare, Backpfeifengesicht, monoculture, sh*t, and emotional vigilance. They don't talk about some of the rewritten words in this episode: sportsball, netherspaces, megaword, gajillion, and battlestargalactokaybai.
references
Froebel Gifts, or Fröbelgaben.
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.
Thanks 30 Rock for bringing us "mind grapes"
Irshad Manji: "It's Time to Teach Young People How to Stop Being So Offended"