Ice Tea and Semantic Drift
Word Matters
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Introduction
Merriam-Webster editors Neil Servin, Ammon Shea, Peter Salkalowski and I explore some aspect of the English language from the dictionary's vantage point. What do you think about words picking up new meanings over time? Is it perhaps awesome, fantastic, terrific? Or is it just plain old, awful? Can we properly use any of those words without referring to awe, fantasy, or terror?
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