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The Words of the Year are out! And we're talking about 'em.

We're answering all the questions in our voluminous Mailbag.

  • We have here, there, and where. We also have that and what. Was there ever a hat? Why are we friends with someone? Is the distribution of emoji Zipfian? If you study linguistics — the science of language — are you a STEM major?

And Hedvig springs a game on us.

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