Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers. A rizzy word-of-the-year chat (with Jess Zafarris)
961. Prompting, hallucinating, and more! Jess Zafarris, author of "Words from Hell," joins me for a word-of-the-year chat. Hang out with us as we look at how dictionaries are handling new words and meanings that have cropped up around emerging technologies in 2023.
"Words from Hell" https://amzn.to/3rZVxo0
Find Jess Zafarris online: Useless Etymology, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram
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