Unabridged author Stefan Fatsis on the fastidious practice of lexicography and the woman who amassed the single largest collection of dictionaries in history.
<a href="https://booksmartstudios.com/lexiconvalley">⁠⁠Visit Lexicon Valley⁠⁠</a>. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 292: "Look It Up! The Story of the Dictionary." With Stefan Fatsis and Bob Garfield. Edited and produced by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>Unabridged author Stefan Fatsis on the fastidious practice of lexicography and the woman who amassed the single largest collection of dictionaries in history.

⁠⁠Visit Lexicon Valley⁠⁠. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 292: "Look It Up! The Story of the Dictionary." With Stefan Fatsis and Bob Garfield. Edited and produced by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved.
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The greatest book ever written is a work in progress.

Unabridged author Stefan Fatsis on the fastidious practice of lexicography and the woman who amassed the single largest collection of dictionaries in history.

⁠⁠Visit Lexicon Valley⁠⁠. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 292: "Look It Up! The Story of the Dictionary." With Stefan Fatsis and Bob Garfield. Edited and produced by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved.
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Look It Up! The Story of the Dictionary.

Like 'analog watch' and 'snail mail,' 'openly racist' is a retronym — John McWhorter and Mike Vuolo explain.
 
<a href="https://booksmartstudios.com/lexiconvalley">⁠Visit Lexicon Valley⁠</a>. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 291: "Open Season for Racists." With John McWhorter and Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>Like 'analog watch' and 'snail mail,' 'openly racist' is a retronym — John McWhorter and Mike Vuolo explain.



⁠Visit Lexicon Valley⁠. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 291: "Open Season for Racists." With John McWhorter and Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. 
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John McWhorter and Mike Vuolo on the subtleties of "openly racist."

Like 'analog watch' and 'snail mail,' 'openly racist' is a retronym — John McWhorter and Mike Vuolo explain.



⁠Visit Lexicon Valley⁠. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 291: "Open Season for Racists." With John McWhorter and Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved. 
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Open Season for Racists

What does St. John the Apostle have in common with Bernie Bernbaum, the sniveling grifter from Miller's Crossing? Angling!
 
Visit <a href="https://booksmartstudios.com/lexiconvalley%E2%81%A0">Lexicon Valley</a>. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 290: "Playing the Angles." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>What does St. John the Apostle have in common with Bernie Bernbaum, the sniveling grifter from Miller's Crossing? Angling!



Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 290: "Playing the Angles." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. 
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From fishing to geometry to scheming, we cast about for the origin of angle.

What does St. John the Apostle have in common with Bernie Bernbaum, the sniveling grifter from Miller's Crossing? Angling!



Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 290: "Playing the Angles." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. 
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Playing the Angles

During an appearance on The Gist with Mike Pesca, we discussed the curious backstory of, you guessed it, the word gist.
 
Visit <a href="https://booksmartstudios.com/lexiconvalley%E2%81%A0">Lexicon Valley</a>. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 289: "You Get the Gist." With Bob Garfield, Mike Pesca, and Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. Special thanks to Michelle Hunter Pesca. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>During an appearance on The Gist with Mike Pesca, we discussed the curious backstory of, you guessed it, the word gist.



Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 289: "You Get the Gist." With Bob Garfield, Mike Pesca, and Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. Special thanks to Michelle Hunter Pesca. All rights reserved.
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Here lies the word gist — in a cemetery!

During an appearance on The Gist with Mike Pesca, we discussed the curious backstory of, you guessed it, the word gist.



Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 289: "You Get the Gist." With Bob Garfield, Mike Pesca, and Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. Special thanks to Michelle Hunter Pesca. All rights reserved.
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You Get the Gist

A prolific writer on men's fashion, Guy discusses the vocabulary of outerwear and why dress is a form of social language.
 
⁠Visit <a href="https://booksmartstudios.com/lexiconvalley%E2%81%A0">Lexicon Valley</a>. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 288: "Derek Guy on the Language of Clothing." With Derek Guy and Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>A prolific writer on men's fashion, Guy discusses the vocabulary of outerwear and why dress is a form of social language.



⁠Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 288: "Derek Guy on the Language of Clothing." With Derek Guy and Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. 
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How sport coats made the leap from activewear to ivory towers.

A prolific writer on men's fashion, Guy discusses the vocabulary of outerwear and why dress is a form of social language.



⁠Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 288: "Derek Guy on the Language of Clothing." With Derek Guy and Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved. 
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Derek Guy on the Language of Clothing

A podcast about language, with hosts Mike Vuolo, Bob Garfield and John McWhorter.

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