Podcast: Spectacular Vernacular (LS 67 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)
Episode: TikTok Language Rabbit Hole
Pub date: 2021-08-17

On today’s episode of Spectacular Vernacular, Nicole Holliday shows Ben Zimmer an entertaining TikTok video that does some fascinating things with language. They also interview Norma Mendoza-Denton, professor of anthropology at UCLA, about her recently published article “ ‘Sticking It to the Man’: r/wallstreetbets, Generational Masculinity and Revenge in Narratives of our Dystopian Capitalist Age.” And finally, a listener joins us for some wordplay that will put your geography skills to the test. We hope you’re ready! You could win a year’s membership to Slate Plus.

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Produced by Jasmine Ellis and Cheyna Roth.

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