Most slang words are coined to represent an age gr... ...re, but it's always a positive word. Linguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/04/28/One-Slang-Word-is-the-Champion-of-Ubiquity-and-Longevity/Time is often thought of as the fourth dimension.... ...orientation of the person you're talking to. Dr. Erica Brozovsky
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/03/31/How-We-Think-of-Time-Depends-on-the-Language-We-Use-For-It/When is a lie a lie? That may seem like a simple q... ...make one of them technically a lie? Linguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky (previously at Neatorama) explains how complicate...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/03/04/Deception-Shading-the-Truth-False-Witness-and-Lies/K-Pop music arose in the 1990s, but you probably d... ...in a song? Nothing at all! In fact, linguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky (previously at Neatorama) thinks it's wonderful,...
https://www.neatorama.com/2026/02/03/The-Clever-Way-K-Pop-Makes-Two-Languages-Cool/When you name a product, you want that name to be... ...yet it was simply named for its ingredients. Dr. Erica Brozovsky (previously at Neatorama) gives us some tips on u...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/10/29/Linguistics-Can-Be-Crucial-in-a-Brand-Name/Most of us never think about punctuation when we r... ...dardized, although they varied by language. Dr. Erica Brozovsky (previously at Neatorama) tells the story of how...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/09/23/How-and-Why-We-Have-Punctuation-Marks/What do the words woodchuck, cockroach, hangnail,... ...ally is derived from ground and hog. Linguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky (previously at Neatorama) explains what happened...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/08/21/Folk-Etymology-Word-Origins-That-Are-Just-Plain-Wrong/Have you noticed the proliferation of the word "un... ...cause why would that word be banned? Linguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/07/25/When-Linguistic-Self-Censorship-Goes-to-Extremes/The development of language gave early societies a... ...history, and all those are pretty important. Dr. Erica Brozovsky of Other Words (previously at Neatorama) goes thr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/06/26/Some-Words-Really-Are-Magic/"Jargon" refers to language that only means someth... ...s and still not say anything useful. Linguist Dr. Erica Brozovsky (previously at Neatorama) explains how this langu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/23/The-Scourge-of-Nonsensical-Corporate-Jargon/
