Your New Favorite Word

Tessa, in her typically limpid style, introduces the concept of phantonyms. Jamis explores what constitutes his personal idiolect.

• 01:30 — Words that don’t sound like what they mean
• 07:34 — Phantonyms
• 14:16 — Idiolect
• 19:53 — Forensic linguistics

• Article on “phantonyms” (New York Times)
• Famous Forensic Linguist Cases (Comic Sans warning…)