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38: Generativism 2: How It's Going (with Taylor Miller and Adam Tallman)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

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Is There a Word for Cry-Turbating?

I would have guessed it had someone to do with getting your scrotum crushed. Is there one for crying and eating at the same time? Because that's a common thing that people talk about. The word that came up in the 2016 was kumerespek, a German loan, and it meant grief-bacon. It'd be fun if there was a portmanteau. But I can't think of one that would sound right.

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