'Mini' and 'factoid' don't mean what you think, with Jess Zafarris

"The Academy Awards is" or "The Academy Awards are"?

Words That ONLY Exist In Specific Regions

The history of the octothorpe

How 'be like' took over the world

Linguistics Explains Why Some Names Capture One's 'Essence'

WHY WE USE ALL CAPS TO SHOUT

Why "mogul" means both a ski bump and a powerful person

Why writing with 'civic clarity' is so important, with Roy Peter Clark (2020)

How Winter Olympic sports got their names

Why does AI use so many em dashes? with Sean Goedecke

Why 'forte' has three pronunciations

Do Inuit languages really have hundreds of words for snow? with Dr. Charles Kemp

Scarecrows and other 'cutthroat' compounds

Scrabble strategy and tournament culture, with John Chew

What is a baker's dozen?

The History of 'OK' and Other Folk Etymology, with Doug Harper

Are you using the word 'impact' correctly?

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary with John Overholt

Penny idioms that are still legal tender

The history of Braille

How a long-lost yearbook revealed the origin of 'hella,' with Ben Zimmer

Why do we use 'x' in algebra?

2025 Words of the Year, with Jess Zafarris and Danny Hieber

The history of the phrase "pride and prejudice"

The 'sheeple' incident, with Stefan Fatsis

The rise of the 'hamster wheel.'

An inspiring tutor, 'New York System' hot dogs, and 'queen spotting' with Martha Barnette

Why Brits eat biscuits and Americans eat cookies.

Rob Drummond on languaging and our fluid speaking identities

Where did the words "knife," "fork," and "spoon" come from?

Why print dictionaries still matter, with Peter Sokolowski. Grammar Girl Episode 1135

Personification in language and AI. Dictums, maxims, and proverbs. Expensitive.

The hidden math and language of crosswords, with Natan Last. Grammar Girl 1133

How '23 skidoo' & 'at sixes and sevens' are related to '6-7.' Grammar Girl Ep. 1132

What a ‘Science' magazine experiment says about the future of AI in journalism | Abigail Eisenstadt

What Roman togas have to do with today's elections. 'Home in' versus 'hone in.' Grammar Girl 1030

Finding the true history of words, with Ben Zimmer. Grammar Girl 1129

‘Ghost words’ and their history. Rules for ‘between’ and ‘among.’ Wilsoning. Grammar Girl 1128

How to be a ‘feisty freelancer,’ with Suzanne Bowness. Grammar Girl 1127

Shakespeare's ‘wherefore’ and other false friends. The language of fear. A Tom. - Ep. 1126

Why Q needs U and how hieroglyphics created our alphabet, with Danny Bate - Grammar Girl ep. 1125

The political, royal, and obscene meanings of blue. The differences in ‘plumb’ and plum.’ - ep. 1124

The fight for the modern dictionary, with Stefan Fatsis. Grammar Girl 1123

‘Math’ versus ‘maths’ and other British differences. ‘Spendthrift’ means what? - Ep. 1122

Why ‘Useless Etymology’ gives you super powers, with Jess Zafarris - Grammar Girl ep. 1121

Can you use ‘epicenter’ for positive things? The etymology of ‘bro.’ Mukwonago, Oconomowoc.

Rules for making comics, with K. Woodman-Maynard

Adapting a classic: from words to watercolors, with K. Woodman-Maynard. Grammar Girl Ep. 1119

Dime idioms. ‘HoCo’ and syllable acronyms. Pulling a Trevor - Episode 1118

How algorithms are changing the meaning of words, with Adam Aleksic. Grammar Girl Ep. 1117

The pirate history of ‘scallywag.’ ‘Used to’ versus ‘use to.’ Cheese grits. Grammar Girl Ep. 1116

From clay tablets to the Gutenberg press, with Keith Houston. Grammar Girl Ep. 1115

Why we have indents. More on Formica. Running on Edgar. - Ep. 1114

The surprising ways we gesture about time and space, with Lauren Gawne. Grammar Girl Ep. 1113

Vonnegut’s semicolon rule. What age has to do with language. Chocolate donut. Grammar Girl Ep. 1112

Why we say 'near miss.' How dogs got their names. Stupid dog Jackie. - Grammar Girl ep. 1111

How to build a successful writers’ newsletter, with Jane Friedman. Episode 1110

What is 'versing'? ‘Whatchamacallit' and other placeholder words. Chicken. Episode 1109

Untranslatable Words That Break Google Translate, with Heddwen Newton. Episode 1108