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Otherwords
What's the Longest Word?
We'll have to figure out what the word "word" really means...
60 Euphemisms for Death!
Otherwords digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and finds the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted. Incorporating the fields of biology, history, cultural studies, literature and more, linguistics has something for everyone and offers a unique perspective into what it means to be human.
60 Euphemisms for Death!
Season 1 Episode 6 | 7m 11s | CC
No topic is as universally avoided--yet universally unavoidable--as DEATH. So, it's got a lot of euphemisms in virtually every language.
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