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15:47 Phrases That Come From Mocking Foreigners
16:56 What is a Dysphemism?
20:35 Dying & Dead Metaphors
27:06 Applying a Concept to a Different Domain
29:47 The Background of the Term ‘Slang’
32:38 Can You Force Slang Into Existence?
39:39 How Algorithms Are Shaping Our Speech
50:30 Should Content Creators Learn Etymology?
57:44 How Conscious is Linguistics?
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