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March 19, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Dear Politicians, Stop Calling People "Taxpayers"
March 9, 2015
Ryan Kearney
Stop Sleep-Shaming Us, Tim Cook
March 3, 2015
Julia Holmes
Workers of the Word Unite
On language and class at the copy desk
February 19, 2015
Alice Robb
What It's Like to Raise Your Children Speaking Esperanto
January 20, 2015
Alice Robb
How Obama Can Keep His Audience Awake Tonight: Go Negative
January 7, 2015
Alice Robb
Polling Is Overrated. To Predict an Election, Choose the Politician Who Gets the Most Laughs.
December 15, 2014
Eric Sasson
Does Gay Male Culture Have a Misogyny Problem?
October 27, 2014
Alice Robb
Woman Doctors, Woman Writers ... Is Using 'Woman' as an Adjective Demeaning?
October 10, 2014
Elaine Teng
Does The Fate of the Navajo Nation Depend on Its Language?
October 3, 2014
Jesse Singal
Steven Pinker: These Are the Grammar Rules You Don't Need to Follow
September 30, 2014
Alice Robb
People Use Fewer First-Person Pronouns As They Get Older
September 23, 2014
Alice Robb
A Person's Accent Can Change Your Perception of What He Is Saying
And it could affect people’s judgments of what’s socially appropriate
September 21, 2014
Dan Jurafsky
Why Drugs Are a Metaphor for Some Foods, and Sex Is a Metaphor for Others
Exploring the language of Yelp reviews
August 25, 2014
David Crystal
An Almost Complete List of Every Word We've Ever Used to Mean 'Drunk'
From 'cup-shot' to 'rat-arsed'
August 21, 2014
David Crystal
The History of "Sweetie" and 8 Other Old-Fashioned Terms of Endearment
July 7, 2014
Alice Robb
How Using Emoji Makes Us Less Emotional
And what linguists say it means if your smiley face has a nose
June 26, 2014
Nathan Lean
Stop Saying “Moderate Muslims.” You're Only Empowering Islamophobes.
June 16, 2014
Elizabeth Winkler
People Speaking a Foreign Language Make Less Emotional Decisions
And they give much more weight to utilitarian concerns
May 26, 2014
Alice Robb
Why Do Adult Romantic Partners Call Each Other "Baby?"
The evolutionary logic—and other meanings—of a pet name
May 14, 2014
Alice Robb
Women Get Interrupted More—Even By Other Women
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