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Season 1 Episode
- Season 1 The Unexpected Origins of the Word ‘Monster’
- Season 1 What's the Longest Word?
- Season 1 Can Computers Really Talk? Or Are They Faking It?
- Season 1 What People Get Wrong About African-American English
- Season 1 Popular Words Invented by Authors
- Season 1 60 Euphemisms for Death!
- Season 1 Is Swearing Good for Your Brain?
- Season 1 How Do Clichés Evolve into Memes?
- Season 1 The Screwed-Up History of English Spelling
- Season 1 Pronouns: Little Words That Say a Lot
- Season 1 Is Gossip... Good?
- Season 1 Foreign Words We Need in English
- Season 1 Is Bilingualism a Superpower?
- Season 1 The Stories Behind Food Names
- Season 1 Literally No One Likes a Grammar Cop
- Season 1 Why Sign Language Was Banned in America
- Season 1 How Brands Ruin Slang
- Season 1 Is "R" a Vowel?
- Season 1 Where Alcoholic Drinks Got Their Names
- Season 1 How English Took Over the World
- Season 1 The Weird History of Invented Languages
- Season 1 How Queer Communities Created Secret Languages
- Season 1 What Brain Damage Reveals About Language
- Season 1 Why Does Texting Feel Different from Talking?
- Season 1 How the Colors Got Their Names
- Season 1 The Most Extreme Place Names
- Season 1 How Language Nerds Solve Crimes
- Season 1 Why Do These Words Get Mispronounced So Much?
- Season 1 Is the Southern Accent Disappearing?
- Season 1 Why Do We Use Cringey Words for Loved Ones?
- Season 1 Why Do Baby Names Fall Out of Fashion?
- Season 1 How Cults Use Language to Control
- Season 1 What Is Your Body Telling People?
- Season 1 Why Is English Awash in Sailors' Jargon?
- Season 1 You Were Probably Taught to Read Wrong
- Season 1 Is English a Creole?
- Season 1 Can TV Change the Way We Speak?
Otherwords - Season 1 Episode 22 How Queer Communities Created Secret Languages
0.00 8 minutes Across the globe, queer communities have relied on secret lexicons known as "argots" to communicate safely, which have developed over the years into what some call "verbal jazz."
