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- Why is dog sushi made for dogs, but duck sushi is made from ducks?
- What do we call it generally when companies try to improve their image by –washing?
- Is the term MVP becoming uncoupled from sports?
- Will vaping kill your vocal fry?
- Are shibboleths made on purpose, as a way of creating an in-group and an out-group?
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Complex Variation in the Construction of a Sociolinguistic Persona: The Case of Vice President Kamala Harris
https://read.dukeupress.edu/american-speech/article-abstract/doi/10.1215/00031283-10867240/382797/Complex-Variation-in-the-Construction-of-a?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Zoom launches an AI companion and introduces AI-heavy Zoom Revenue Accelerator
https://siliconangle.com/2023/09/06/zoom-launches-ai-companion-introduces-ai-heavy-zoom-revenue-accelerator/
Amazon’s new health band is the most invasive tech we’ve ever tested
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/10/amazon-halo-band-review/
Spectacular Vernacular with Nicole Holliday and Ben Zimmer
https://slate.com/podcasts/spectacular-vernacular
Beth Levin, Lelia Glass and Dan Jurafsky. (2019). Systematicity in the semantics of noun compounds: The role of artifacts vs. natural kinds
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333147338_Systematicity_in_the_semantics_of_noun_compounds_The_role_of_artifacts_vs_natural_kinds
Spanish Compound Nouns
https://lightonspanish.com/spanish-compound-nouns/
paracaidas etymology
https://etimologias.dechile.net/?paracai.das
Greenwashing and pinkwashing | Grammarphobia
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2022/01/greenwashing-pinkwashing.html
A‑Z of social movement and greenwashing
https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/social-movement-greenwashing
The Laundry list (of sustainability washing)
https://www.bemari.co.uk/blog/the-laundry-list-of-sustainability-washing
It’s a trap; how to beware of greenwashing, pinkwashing and bluewashing | Medium
https://ccrave.medium.com/its-a-trap-how-to-beware-of-greenwashing-pinkwashing-and-bluewashing-b71badebb82b
Kevin Durant MVP Speech | Know Your Meme
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/kevin-durant-mvp-speech
Kevin Durant Reveals His Thoughts on the ‘You the Real MVP’ Meme
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2369256-kevin-durant-reveals-his-thoughts-on-the-you-the-real-mvp-meme
At 77, MVP has not stopped dreaming of a better future for all
https://www.philstar.com/business/2023/07/14/2280854/77-mvp-has-not-stopped-dreaming-better-future-all
The PIN-PEN Merger | Ace Linguist
https://www.acelinguist.com/2020/01/the-pin-pen-merger.html
The Effects of Vaping on the Voice | Sarp Kurtoglu of the Osborne Head and Neck Institute
https://www.ohniww.org/the-effects-of-vaping-on-the-voice/
Indexical borders: the sociolinguistic scales of the shibboleth
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijsl-2020-0095/html?lang=en
Judges 12:6
https://www.bibleref.com/Judges/12/Judges-12-6.html
Don’t You Dare Use ‘Comprised Of’ On Wikipedia: One Editor Will Take It Out
https://www.npr.org/2015/03/12/392568604/dont-you-dare-use-comprised-of-on-wikipedia-one-editor-will-take-it-out
Teens Love LinkedIn
To some high-schoolers burned out on FOMO and thirst traps, the networking platform is “the way social media should be.”
https://www.thecut.com/article/why-teenagers-love-linkedin.html
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