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On this episode: Close proximity is redundant, but you're always in close proximity to someone who's saying “close proximity.” Morgan tries to teach Linda about the undertones of certain emojis, even though she just wants a landline. Since this time of year can be tough, we discuss the idea of using writing to get out of your funk. Speaking of funk, we think Rihanna would make a great bridesmaid.     Links:

On this episode: Linda and Morgan carry on the tradition of pissing off their listeners by talking about irritating TV shows for too long. Whatever happened to the WB? We also praise the AP for calling out racist language and harsh on female sommeliers.     Links: Why Is the Second G in Gilmore Girls Lowercase?, Slate

On this episode: The DDD crew records the night before Thanksgiving, in honor of all the turkeys that pass away. With gratitude in their hearts and slurring on their lips, they talk about “altogether” versus “all together,” terrible spelling and grammar among racists (plus why we might want to ignore it) and names for the toilet. In one word, classy.     Links: Altogether vs. All Together, Grammarly

On this episode: Mary Norris, the comma queen, calls in to talk beer and pencils with the DDD gang. She also introduces us to the seedy Twitter underbelly of double spacers and answers a listener question about ellipses…     Links: Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen

The Drunk Word Nerds took a break from recording last week because everyone was too sad to laugh about grammar (sorry). But here's a classic episode from our vaults. We discuss all things comma, including Linda's love of the serial comma — perfectly timed to get you pumped for next week's all-new episode when the Comma Queen, Mary Norris, joins the gang for a chat.

On this episode: The DDD crew has new intro music and it has us on our beanwater! There is a war on grammar, aka a war on mad old dudes, and the battleground is the singular they. Morgan and Linda terribly predict the future of America while learning when to use woman vs. female. Linda weighs in on stuffy grammar rules and we outlaw apostrophes!     Links: A high school teacher

On this episode: Bombshell: It's “never mind,” not “nevermind.” Sorry, Kurt Cobain. RIP. Someone else wrote about email sign-offs because we haven't been through enough. At least she claims a winner (and 26 losers). We translate British business speak, and then decide it would be best to keep English-speaking immigrants out of our country. And we have a T-shirt winner!     Links: Nevermind or Never Mi

On this episode: Legendary copy editor Bill Walsh of Washington Post fame joins the DDD crew to share a very important message: Do not use apostrophes to pluralize your family name on holiday cards. (Morgan declares war on Christmas.) Also, old-fashioned curse words are weird. Dad-sizzle it! Do you know what a group of cats is called? Clowder. Weird.     Links: Yes, I Could Care Less: How to Be a Language Snob Without Being a Jerk, Bill Walsh The Elephants of Style : A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English, Bill Walsh Lapsing Into

On this episode: Yet another reason we are just like killer whales: menopause. They go past Janet Jackson age to Bea Arthur territory. I am drunk, but Morgan is drunker than _____. There are three correct ways to end that sentence, but one is Oxfordish, or douchey. Fall brings on down-ass comforter season, Ja Rule's favorite time of year. Bless your heart, y'all, fixin' to, ugly as homemade sin. Thanks for your lovely sayings, the South.     Links:

On this episode: Science says swearing is cool, so get the fuck over it. It's like wearing pants to the grocery store, or something. We dislike workplace jargon because WE DON'T GET IT. Linda can't remember what “on my beanwater” means, probably because of all the beers. Our latest iTunes review came in the form of a Nobel Prize–worthy poem.     Links:

On this episode: Executive VP and founder of Major League Ultimate Nic Darling tests our sports language knowledge and delves into MLU's style guide. Plus we talk about punctuation placement when quotation marks are involved.       We love Grammarly, and are proud to share their service. If you're too busy to listen to all of our amazing grammar and writing advice, just use Grammarly and let them do all the work of making sure your writing doesn't suck.

On this episode: Linda addresses the “eponymous” mistake from episode 25 in order to alleviate her insomnia. The Oxford Dictionaries Online adds some new words, including wine o'clock and beer o'clock. Do you know what a “mickey of gin” is? Regions have come up with their own drinking terms, apparently. People love or love to hate the serial comma. JUST BE CONSISTENT. Most importantly, dolphins are having conversations.     Links:

On this episode: The crew addresses some recent listener critiques (ignore Linda's sobbing). The OED adds “jagoff” to the dictionary, but they're still jagoffs. We're on our beanwater as we discuss regional slang terms on the cusp of extinction. “Biweekly” and “bimonthly” can mean the same thing because English makes no sense. Morgan and Linda complement each other, and sometimes even compliment each other. And we're still searching for a solid email sign-off.   Links:

On this episode: Dolly Parton is an expert on accidental plagiarism — and on being a human. Listener/new friend Allison brings up the placement of “only” and the insulting inclusion of “actually” in otherwise pleasant sentences. We find out what the word “eggcorn” means, and then we ridicule people who use them.     Links: The Accidental Plagi

On this episode: After discussing Morgan's bad day, the crew discusses the Anne of Green Gables adaptation coming to Netflix (and other ones Netflix should explore), the ill-fated act of trashing your employer online and the real definitions of the big words we use to sound smart.     Links: Netflix P

On this episode: It's our live show! In front of a live bar audience, we make fun of the way people in various regions talk, shame people who use “I hope you're well” in emails, repeatedly say the word “moist” when discussing word aversion and delve into the effectiveness of gifs on Tinder. Linda apologizes for her obnoxious nervous laugh. Thanks, Philadelphia Podcast Festival.       We love Grammarly, and are proud to share their service. If you're too busy to listen to all of our amazing grammar and writing advice, just use Grammarly and let them do all the work of making sure your writin

On this episode: Morgan talks smack on killer whales, lawyers can't call people “honey” in court anymore (how is this still happening?), the ladies defend listening to audiobooks again (with expert proof this time) and BuzzFeed eliminates periods in US/makes Linda cry. Plus, Coco takes a quiz to find out if he's a grammar snob and discovers he's terrible at taking simple internet quizzes.     Links:

On this episode: WE'RE DRINKING FROSÉ. And we welcome beer and food writer Amy Strauss to discuss sexism in Olympics media coverage, style guides, cocktail and food capitalization and Wawa mashed potatoes.     Links: The Media’s Olympics Coverage Reminds Us Just How Taxing It Is to Be a Female Athlete, New York Magazine's The Cut

  On this episode: We finally answer the listener question that we ignored last episode: Why does The New York Times use Ms. Trump, but Mrs. Obama? We get to the bottom of it (read: we guess). Back in episode #7, we declared the Oxford English Dictionary sexist. Guess who's starring in the film about its creation. Linda tries to steal Morgan's idea about audio books. And for good measure, a grammar lesson: weary vs. wary.     Links:

  On this episode: Um, like, so. Morgan, Linda and Brian discuss reviled speech-fillers while inadvertently using them every four seconds. Anytime vs. any time: Do you know the difference? The story behind the semicolon tattoo makes us misty. And the gang gets so distracted by their own rambling sidebars that they forget to answer a listener question. Next time.   Links: