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EPISODE · Jun 10, 2016 · 17 MIN

Episode 2: Nice

from Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

'Nice' has gone through more changes than almost any other word in the English language. Over the course of seven centuries, it has been used to mean stupid, promiscuous, elegant, and effeminate, among a handful of other things. In this episode, we try to make sense of its perplexing evolution.

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