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 (http://www.froebelgifts.com/gifts.htm), or Fröbelgaben.
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/).
Thanks 30 Rock for bringing us "mind grapes" (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mind%20grapes)
Irshad Manji: "It's Time to Teach Young People How to Stop Being So Offended" (http://time.com/5543441/stop-getting-offended/)