# language
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10:17Word of the Week — 'Circling Forward'Leanne Elliott: I've got a new word Al Elliott: You love a new word. So just in case anyone's not heard this before, I'm sure you have, but every week Leanne comes up with a new word and we have to guess what it is LeannEP 302 · 19 May 2026·news roundup· 10:17–22:036:33The words that kill your authority: stop trying to sound impressiveAl Elliott: Can we talk for a second about the words that kill your authority? Because this was one of the things that we first came across you with. We're talking about particular specific words. I've got written down hEP 205 · 12 Jun 2025·interview· 6:33–9:412:10Story 1: What is 'alonement space'?Leanne Elliott: I've got a new word Al Elliott: You always have a new word. Go on Leanne Elliott: Not always, but this one actually made it into the air. It's being considered for inclusion in the Cambridge DictionaryEP 190 · 22 Apr 2025·news roundup· 2:10–6:208:47Political correctness gone mad: calling staff love or darlingAl Elliott: Okay, well, let's go on to talking of genders and old white people, old white men like me. Let's go on to this question, which I thought was quite funny. This is, I'm guessing this is someone from the UK, jusEP 175 · 27 Feb 2025·interview· 8:47–12:217:57Gen-Z slang guide: no cap, slaps, stan, delulu and moreAl Elliott: Well, I found a new guide to Gen-Z talk. It's an article I saw in Forbes yesterday, and it's a guide for old farts like me, um, on words that Gen-Z use. Now, before I begin, don't take this as me telling you EP 120 · 6 Aug 2024·news roundup· 7:57–12:5244:24What language should I use? Why 'superpower' language can be harmfulAl Elliott: Here's a tricky question: what language should I use? I alluded to this a little bit before. When I was prepping my questions for Jan, I found myself pausing over my word choice. What do I call someone who isEP 41 · 31 May 2023·panel interview· 44:24–46:4222:51The power of words with OrlyLeanne Elliott: Orly agrees that stories are important and breaks it down further by explaining the power of words Al Elliott: The words are critical. Again, it's because it really comes back to what I said earlier, whicEP 39 · 17 May 2023·other· 22:51–25:4737:08The deadly F Word — 'I'm fine'Jim Young: Yeah, the F word that I think we don't consider to be dangerous is fine. I'm fine. Hey, bud, how you doing? I'm fine. Except you see the delivery of it, right? You watch the energy behind when that guy says toEP 22 · 17 Jan 2023·interview· 37:08–39:21
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