Interview on “The Emily Rooney Show” (WGBH Boston) about the words of 2011 that garnered the most buzz. (Dec. 14, 2011)
Meta, Occupy, and planking. These are just a few of the words that entered our collective vocabulary in 2011. We’ll examine the buzziest words of the year – and the stories they tell.
Guest: Ben Zimmer, linguist, lexicographer, and Boston Globe columnist
(Show page, audio, related Word Routes column, Boston Globe column)