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Exploring slang, AI ghost words, and language change, with Heddwen Newton

2025/3/27
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Mignon Fogarty: 我与语言学家和翻译家Heddwen Newton讨论了当代英语中的俚语、新词和语言变化，包括维多利亚时代的俚语、Gen Z俚语、AI生成的虚假词汇以及曼德拉效应等现象。我们还探讨了“nosh”、“tarnation”、“personality hire”、“fridgescaping”和“plogging”等词语的含义和用法。 Heddwen Newton: 我分享了我收集网络流行语的方式，包括通过我的17岁侄子、谷歌提醒以及其他关注语言变化的专家的文章和网站。我解释了“podsnappery”、“fax, no printer”、“main character energy”、“She ate”、“4+4=8”等词语的含义和用法，并讨论了英式英语和美式英语中“nosh”一词的含义差异。我还解释了“曼德拉效应”，并举例说明了“Yosemite Sam”和“Berenstain Bears”的例子。最后，我讨论了AI生成的虚假词汇，例如“lrtsjerk”，并解释了这些词语是如何出现在AI生成的虚假文章中的。

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  1. Did Yosemite Sam ever actually say "tarnation"? What’s "fridgescaping," and why is it trending? And why is AI filling the internet with nonsense words like “lrtsjerk”? Linguist and translator Heddwen Newton shares her favorite new slang, explains the Mandela Effect, and breaks down how AI-generated content is making language even messier.

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