Interview on NPR’s “Morning Edition” about contenders for the American Dialect Society’s 2013 Word of the Year. (Dec. 31, 2013)
Later this week the American Dialect Society will announce its word of the Year. Renee Montagne discusses word contenders with linguist Ben Zimmer, who is the language columnist for The Wall Street Journal.
(Show page, audio, related Wall Street Journal column, Word Routes column)