Word Matters Podcast

A show for readers, writers, and anyone who ever loved their English class. Hosted by Merriam-Webster editors and lexicographers.

An Interview with John Morse, Part 3

The third of three special episodes from our interview with the former President and Publisher of Merriam-Webster

An Interview with John Morse, Part 2

The second of three special episodes from our interview with the former President and Publisher of Merriam-Webster

An Interview with John Morse, Part 1

The first of three special episodes from our interview with the former President and Publisher of Merriam-Webster

Episode 100: How did we get here?

Word Matters, episode 100

Do we repeat ourselves? Very well then, we repeat ourselves.

Word Matters, episode 99

Hackneyed Phrases, Both Old and New

Word Matters, episode 98

Tips for Frenchifying Your French

Word Matters, episode 97

Eggcorns, Mondegreens, and Spoonerisms—Oh My!

Word Matters, episode 96

Traveling Words: Luggage, Baggage, and the Recombobulation Station

Word Matters, episode 95

Skunked Words

Word Matters, episode 94

When Dictionaries Drop Words

Word Matters, episode 93

Wordle Does Not Make Us Nauseous

Word Matters, episode 92

The Invention of the Modern Dictionary

Word Matters, episode 91

An Interview with Jacques Bailly

Word Matters, episode 90

Nashe's 8 Types of Drunkards Includes No Octopi

Word Matters, episode 89

Will 'ect.' become an acceptable spelling of 'etc.'? And if it does, will that be unexplainable or merely inexplicable?

Word Matters, episode 88

Corrections, Clarifications, and Grave Transgressions

Word Matters, episode 87

Uncommon Opposites

Word Matters, Episode 86

George Orwell's 'Politics and the English Language'

Word Matters, episode 85

Linguistic Double Dipping

Word Matters, episode 84

All About Abbreviations

Word Matters, Episode 83

The History of 'Whistleblower'

Word Matters, Episode 82

What does it mean to be 'at large'?

Word Matters, Episode 81

Dictionary Arcana

Word Matters, Episode 80

A Pair of Suffixes and The History of 'Ditto'

Word Matters, Episode 79

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