Words of the Year
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We discuss the “Words of the Year” with University of Chicago linguist Jason Riggle.
We take a look at the fun, funky and completely unexpected "Words of the Year" with Jason Riggle, a University of Chicago linguist who cast his vote on a wide spectrum of words that range from the ridiculous to the sublime.
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Words of the Year
Clip: 1/14/2014 | 11m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
We take a look at the fun, funky and completely unexpected "Words of the Year" with Jason Riggle, a University of Chicago linguist who cast his vote on a wide spectrum of words that range from the ridiculous to the sublime.
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