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Podcast: Ridiculous History
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What makes a word a 'word'?
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:47:14
Publish Date: 2026-01-15 18:22:17
Description:

Words are everywhere -- and we're grateful, because we can't do this show without them. But all words were, at some point, just made up. So how does society decide what counts as a "real" word? In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max dive into the history of language, and the oddly specific systems dictionaries put in place to decide whether a given word or phase is legitimate.

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