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What does a Jane Austen novel have in common with a George Carlin routine? Biting commentary on the word nice!

Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 307: "Nice of You to Join Us." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Edited and produced by ...


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Play along and guess the correct chronological order of the following phrases: Great White Hope, Great White Shark and Great White Way.

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Legend has it that Samuel Maverick was a 19th-century rancher who refused to brand his cattle — but was he really such a maverick?

Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 305: "The Original Maverick." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Edited and pr...


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On the possible origins of a provocative — and thoroughly caprine — phrase, featuring lexicographer Ben Zimmer.

Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 47: "Get One's Goat." With Bob Garfield, Mike Vuolo and Ben Zimmer. Edited and produced by Mike ...


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The aggrandizing acronym that was seeded in the 1960s and born decades later.

Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 304: "The G.O.A.T." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Edited and produced by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All right...


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