Show notes for Episode 31

Here are the show notes for Episode 31, in which Lisa, Dan and (*drumroll*) new Lexis team member, Jill Lavender (*end drumroll*) talk to Edinburgh University PhD student and ‘that etymology guy’, Danny Bate about:

Danny’s website: https://dannybate.com/

Danny on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DannyBate4

Lang in the News links

Swearing - It's been in the news a fair bit… https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/oct/20/krishnan-guru-murthy-taken-off-air-for-swearing-about-steve-baker

https://preply.com/en/blog/cities-that-swear-most/

The power of swearing: how obscene words influence your mind, body and relationships

Good episode of The Bunker podcast about this: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bunker-bonus-swearing-by-it-why-we-ing-love-to-curse/id1496246490?i=1000582791786

The success of compound swears - ‘shitgibbon’’ ‘fucktrumpet’ and ‘flagshagger’...

The rise of the shitgibbon – Strong Language

Compound pejoratives on Reddit – from 'buttface' to 'wankpuffin'

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Contributors

Matthew Butler

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthewbutlerwy

Lisa Casey

blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)

Dan Clayton

blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog)

Jacky Glancey

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey

Jill Lavender

https://twitter.com/JillLavs

Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys

Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys