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147: Words of the Year 2013 (featuring Ben Zimmer)
Itâs time to look at the words that made the news last year. Forget twerking, and stop taking selfies, because this year's winner was truly momentous. Thereâs even someone special to take us through it: Ben Zimmer of the American Dialect Society talks to our resident linguist Daniel Midgley on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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By Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård
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Itâs time to look at the words that made the news last year. Forget twerking, and stop taking selfies, because this year's winner was truly momentous. Thereâs even someone special to take us through it: Ben Zimmer of the American Dialect Society talks to our resident linguist Daniel Midgley on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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