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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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Word of the Week: Out of Pocket

Dr. Taylor Miller: Out of pocket is now meaning it's no longer like I used to use it as like, Oh, am I out of pocket? Like am I completely on a different planet here? That's not how I use it at all. So my word of the week is out of pocket because it's undergoing a change in meaning currently. And so this is a very gen Z thing that is starting from what I can tell. But you're not done yet because it's time for words of the week. Dr. Adam Talman: linguistic capitalism. Well, it's technically a phrase. We've used many phrases for word of theweek. It was great being here

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