Inflation, quiet quitting, and "un-" words, like "undressed," that can have two meanings. Gotcha Day.
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910. The final Grammar Girl word-of-the-year vote came down to "inflation" and "quiet quitting." We look at the interesting arguments voters made for both. Plus, we look at why some words that start with "un-" mean "not" and others mean "reversed"— and about the especially interesting words that can mean either (and why).

|** Transcript:  **https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/2022-woty/transcript)

"Un-" Words Segment

• Written by Edwin L. Battistella), author of "Dangerous, Crooked Scoundrels: Insulting the President, from Washington to Trump)."
• This segment originally appeared on the OUP blog) and appears here with permission.

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