Early in January, the American Dialect Society will meet in San Francisco to vote for 2008's Word of the Year.
Several dictionaries have already made their own selections. And after looking over the field, Fresh Air's resident linguist has a candidate, too.
Up this month: "America the Miserable," overlong newspaper articles and a political wife's memoir.
The 14th century Italian poet didn't know it at the time, but he mapped out an epic video game.
Sexually, I'm More of a Switzerland explores the wacky world of personal ads.
Three standout novels: busted bankers, politics Roman style, and the Odyssey's lost books.
John Rich discovers how emotional trauma feeds violence among African-American youth.
We look at a few points about Sunday night's Super Bowl.
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