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Passing Away or Kicking the Bucket? The Lexicon of Dying

Pat Farnack had her weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/12/22

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The Year in Words, 2011 Edition

Michael Schoen had our weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/12/15

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Down Under, Obama Has a ‘Chinwag’

WCBS 880′s Pat Farnack had her weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/11/18

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Now Pitching In The World Series: The Man They Call ‘Scrabble’

Pat Farnack had weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/10/21

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Occupying Word Street

WCBS 880′s Pat Farnack had her weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/10/14

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‘And One More Thing’: The Insanely Great Language of Steve Jobs

WCBS 880 anchor Pat Farnack had her weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/10/07

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Language Expert Ben Zimmer Discusses The ‘Zuckerverb’

Ben Zimmer, the Executive Producer of visualthesaurus.com, joined WCBS 880 for his weekly discussion about language.

2011/09/30

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The Art of the Self-Mocking Hashtag

WCBS 880′s John Metaxas had the station’s weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/09/23

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Word-Lore, Nerd-Lore

WCBS 880 midday anchor Pat Farnack had her weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/09/16

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Taking Issue With ‘Ground Zero’

Alex Silverman had our weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/09/09

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Are You ‘Literally’ Going To Explode?

Pat Farnack had her weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/08/19

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‘Downgrade’ On The Upswing

WCBS 880′s Pat Farnack had her weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/08/12

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Nonplussed By Google Plus?

WCBS 880 midday anchor Pat Farnack had her weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/08/05

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Does E-Mail Have Fingerprints?

WCBS 880 midday anchor Pat Farnack had her weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/07/29

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Trans-Atlantic Peeving

WCBS 880 midday anchor Pat Farnack will be having her weekly chat with language maven Ben Zimmer.

2011/07/22

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