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Learned is a weekly look at words; we examine old favorites, words in transition, and strange new ones with a bit of humor and relentless curiosity. Join us for conversations about etymology, lexicography, and other linguistics adjacent topics!

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About Joel Neff

Adventures in linguistics with the original large language model.

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