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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Guide: The Invention of 'Introvert'
Looking for a ready-to-go lesson about the psychological origins of the word introvert? Then this resource is perfect for you! This podcast listening guide goes with the 51st episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “The Invention of ‘Introvert’ (w/ Science Diction)” is approximately 26 minutes long. It details how the relationship between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung led to the popularization of the words introvert and extrovert, as well as the work done by Gord
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Guide: What is a Word's "First Known Use"?
Looking for a ready-to-go lesson about word dating and figuring out when a word was first used? Then this resource is perfect for you! This podcast listening guide goes with the 45th episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “What is a Word’s ‘First Known Use’?” is approximately 28 minutes long. The words discussed in this podcast episode include serendipity, googol, meme, jazz age, circa, obnubilate, antedating, frenemy, whiskey, online, plot, physics, coefficie
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast: The Language of Spy and Detective Stories
Looking for a mysterious lesson about the language used in spy and detective stories? Then this resource is perfect for you! This podcast listening guide goes with the 42nd episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “The Language of Spy and Detective Stories” is approximately 17 minutes long. It discusses terms used in spy and mystery thrillers, including Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.” The words discussed in this podcast episode include
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Listening Guide: Our Word of the Year 2021
The word 'vaccine' was about much more than just medicine this year. Learn about what Merriam-Webster looked at to make this word their 2021 Word of the Year in the 68th episode of the Merriam-Webster “Word Matters” podcast! By purchasing this resource, you will receive a podcast listening guide which will take students through the episode. This episode entitled “Our Word of the Year 2021” is freely available online and approximately 21 minutes long. The words discussed in this podcast episode i
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Guide: What It Means to Call an 'Audible'
How did ‘audible’ move from the football huddle to general conversation? And why do we have both ‘inexplicable’ and ‘unexplainable’? These questions are answered in the 64th episode of the Merriam-Webster “Word Matters” podcast! By purchasing this resource, you will receive a podcast listening guide which will take students through the episode. This episode entitled “What It Means to Call an 'Audible'” is freely available online and approximately 23 minutes long. The words discussed in this podc
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Guide: How Words are Dropped from the Dictionary
How are words dropped from the dictionary? This question is the focus of the 61st episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “How Words are Dropped from the Dictionary” is approximately 16 minutes long.This resource can easily be adapted for use in remote learning, distance learning, or hybrid learning settings! By downloading this resource, you gain access to a Google Form version of the worksheet which can easily be added to your Google Classroom.What You Get:Le
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Guide: Words Named After Real People
Did you know that the word sandwich comes from John Montague, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, who is said to have been gambling one night and ordering slices of cold beef between pieces of toast? Or that the word silhouette comes from the name of a French finance minister who was so cheap that he would just have the outlines of people painted instead of having their entire portrait painted? Eponyms like these are the focus of this podcast listening guide, which goes with the 60th episode of Merriam
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Listening Guide: 'Podium' vs. 'Lectern'
Looking for a ready-to-go lesson about the differences between ax/axe and podium/lectern? Then this resource is perfect for you! This podcast listening guide goes with the 59th episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “'Podium' vs. 'Lectern'” is approximately 19 minutes long. The words discussed in this podcast episode include ax, axe, deluxe, adze, adz, podium, lectern, decimate, December, podia, couch, sofa, loveseat, ottoman, hassock, tuffet, footrest, poof,
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Listening Guide: 'Possum' or 'Opossum'?
Looking for a ready-to-go lesson about portmanteau (or mashup) words, as well as the difference between possum and opossum? Then this resource is perfect for you! This podcast listening guide goes with the 57th episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “'Possum' or 'Opossum'?” is approximately 24 minutes long. The words discussed in this podcast episode include ambidextrous, ambisinistrous, ambisinister, ambisinistrous, hibernate, estivate, winter, summer, parhie
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Guide: How We Approach Compound Words
Looking for a ready-to-go lesson about compound words? Then this resource is perfect for you! This podcast listening guide goes with the 56th episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “How We Approach Compound Words” is approximately 20 minutes long. The words discussed in this podcast episode include bread machine, time machine, pen machine, ambeer, hot mess, mess hall, meltdown, ground zero, epicenter, dad joke, endearingly, wholesome, yay, yeah, yea, yah, and
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast - The Brothers Merriam: An Introduction
Looking for a ready-to-go lesson about the history of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary? Then this resource is perfect for you! This podcast listening guide goes with the 54th episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “The Brothers Merriam: An introduction” is approximately 20 minutes long. It is the second episode in a two-part series about the history of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. (If you are interested in the first part of the series, you can find a podcast
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Guide: Who Was This Webster Guy, Anyway?
Who was Noah Webster? And how did he become interested in writing a dictionary? You can find the answers to these questions and more in the 53rd episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast! This episode entitled “Who Was This Webster Guy, Anyway?” is approximately 18 minutes long. The words discussed in this podcast episode include compendious, favor, color, honor, humor, canceled, analyze, civilization, public, music, draught, plough, tongue, women, skunk, hickory, psychology, immigrant
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast: A Totally Original History of 'Stereotype'
Looking for a ready-to-go lesson about how the history of French printing presses is related to overused phrases, as well as the difference between someone being your ‘colleague’ or your 'coworker'? Then this resource is perfect for you! This podcast listening guide goes with the 47th episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “A Totally Original History of ‘Stereotype’” is approximately 23 minutes long. The words discussed in this podcast episode include stereoty
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Listening Guide: The Word of the Year 2020
Looking for a timely lesson on Merriam-Webster’s 2020 word of the year, pandemic? Then this resource is perfect for you! This podcast listening guide goes with the 19th episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “The Word of the Year 2020” is approximately 32 minutes long. It discusses the 2020 word of the year (pandemic), as well as other words that were widely searched for as a result of newsworthy events. These words include coronavirus, quarantine, asymptomati
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Listening Guide: Episode 2
Looking for a hassle-free lesson related to the English language and how words change over time? Then this resource is perfect for you! This podcast listening guide goes with the second episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “Setting Sail on a Semantic Drift” is approximately 27 minutes long. It discusses how the meaning of words changes over time as a result of semantic drift, as well as how the linguistic phenomenon of elision affects the way we say words li
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Listening Guide: What's a Folk Etymology?
Looking for a ready-to-go lesson about folk etymology? Then this resource is perfect for you! This podcast listening guide goes with the 58th episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “What's a Folk Etymology?” is approximately 12 minutes long. The words discussed in this podcast episode include cannoli, karate, Sudoku, platoon, barbecue, chaise lounge, bonfire, muskrat, woodchuck, cockroach, crayfish, crawfish, hangnail, platform, helpmate, Welsh rabbit, Welsh r
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Merriam-Webster Word Matters Podcast Guide: The Political 'Dog Whistle'
Looking for a ready-to-go lesson about political dog whistles and read meat, as well as the history of phrases from card games? Then this resource is perfect for you! This podcast listening guide goes with the 50th episode of Merriam-Webster’s “Word Matters” podcast. This episode entitled “The Political ‘Dog Whistle’: Loud and Clear” is approximately 22 minutes long. The words discussed in this podcast episode include dog whistle, red meat, muckrakers, carpet baggers, earmark, pork barrel, maver
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