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The Word Nerds Archive — 66 episodes

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Title

Date

Duration

1

We're changing our blog! (63.5)

May 24, 2006

3:23

2

Idioms and Culture (63)

May 20, 2006

36:46

3

Non-Verbal Communication (62)

May 13, 2006

37:52

4

Race and Language (60)

Apr 29, 2006

39:58

5

Puns (59)

Apr 22, 2006

28:21

6

Music and Language (58)

Apr 15, 2006

31:05

7

Age and Language (57)

Apr 8, 2006

32:02

8

Language of Deception (56)

Apr 1, 2006

38:40

9

Invented Language (55)

Mar 25, 2006

31:20

10

Portmanteau Words (Blend Words) (54)

Mar 18, 2006

36:19

11

Nerds Who Say "Nym" (53)

Mar 11, 2006

34:55

12

Locker-room Lingo, Pickup Lines, and Flirtation (52)

Mar 4, 2006

38:23

13

Fantastic Flubs (51)

Feb 25, 2006

31:45

14

The History of Our Podcast (50)

Feb 18, 2006

36:34

15

Governmental Gab (49)

Feb 11, 2006

35:49

16

Rhythm and Meaning (48)

Feb 4, 2006

28:50

17

Weather Words (47)

Jan 28, 2006

34:57

18

Onomatopoeia and Other Word Music (46)

Jan 21, 2006

24:49

19

Etymonline.com needs your help (45A)

Jan 17, 2006

2:28

20

Our Favorite Words (45)

Jan 14, 2006

27:54

21

Metaphor and Metonymy (44)

Jan 7, 2006

28:19

22

Games Nerds Play (43)

Dec 31, 2005

35:44

23

Word Nerds in 2005--A Look Back (42)

Dec 24, 2005

41:55

24

Insidious Idioms (41)

Dec 17, 2005

32:29

25

Curiosity (40)

Dec 10, 2005

29:27

26

Word Nerds in History (39)

Dec 3, 2005

33:52

27

Color Metaphors (38)

Nov 26, 2005

35:19

28

Cliches (37)

Nov 19, 2005

31:27

29

Names and Identity (36)

Nov 12, 2005

35:44

30

Euphemisms (35)

Nov 5, 2005

32:30

31

Words of Weariness (34)

Oct 29, 2005

30:19

32

Eponyms (33)

Oct 22, 2005

35:05

33

Our Favorite Resources: Online and Print (32)

Oct 15, 2005

36:55

34

Registers of Language (31)

Oct 8, 2005

29:03

35

Flight and Terror (30)

Oct 1, 2005

37:21

36

Verbal Put-Downs (29)

Sep 25, 2005

32:55

37

Animal Metaphors and Animal Idioms (28)

Sep 17, 2005

30:53

38

Regional Speech and Our Roots (27)

Sep 11, 2005

37:50

39

Nerds in Europe: Traveling and Language (26)

Sep 4, 2005

38:32

40

Please Support Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts (25A)

Sep 1, 2005

1:45

41

Word Fads (25)

Aug 28, 2005

33:22

42

Filling the Void: the Fear of Silence (24)

Aug 21, 2005

27:28

43

Tone and the Written Word (23)

Aug 14, 2005

34:23

44

Our Linguistic Pet Peeves (22)

Aug 7, 2005

25:04

45

A Whole Lot of Stuff: Collective Nouns (21)

Jul 31, 2005

30:39

46

Meet the Nerds (20)

Jul 24, 2005

35:44

47

(Dis)comfort and Paralanguage (19)

Jul 17, 2005

34:27

48

Snooty Foreignisms (18)

Jul 10, 2005

32:13

49

Inspiration

Jul 3, 2005

33:05

50

The Unnamed Antecedent

Jun 26, 2005

29:48

51

Terms of Determination, Terms of Surrender

Jun 19, 2005

32:15

52

The Cold War and Hostile Language

Jun 12, 2005

36:13

53

The Language of Love: Food, War, Fire

Jun 4, 2005

34:12

54

Rude Words and Categories of Rudeness

May 29, 2005

35:57

55

Homophobic Language: The Straight Dope

May 22, 2005

31:17

56

Baseball in Asheville, Washington, and American English

May 15, 2005

44:02

57

Movies and Language, plus the State of Podcasting

May 8, 2005

31:53

58

Neologisms, Technology, and Acronyms

Apr 30, 2005

29:59

59

The Power of Names

Apr 24, 2005

30:58

60

An Obfuscation, a Book and a Song

Apr 17, 2005

20:37

61

The Secret Sexism of Language

Apr 12, 2005

28:49

62

Meta-explication, podcasting, Washington, and music

Apr 9, 2005

17:21

63

Lost positives and a New Nerd

Apr 4, 2005

28:12

64

Exploring nerdiness and geekiness

Mar 28, 2005

28:45

65

The Word Nerds: trial podcast (second try)

Mar 22, 2005

5:19

66

Welcome to The Word Nerds

Mar 19, 2005

8:02