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Ben Yagoda

Ben Yagoda
Ben Yagoda has published more than a dozen books, including Will Rogers: A Biography; About Town: “The New Yorker” and the World It Made; When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better and/or Worse; and The Sound on the Page: Style and Voice in Writing. He is professor emeritus of English at the University of Delaware. His blog, Not One-Off Britishisms, has been visited more than 3 million times.
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Bell-ends, Pillocks, Numpties, and Sh*tgibbons: Why the Brits Swear Better

Ben Yagoda Looks at Some Naughty British Words That Have Entered the American Lexicon
September 30, 2024  By Ben Yagoda
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Oh, the Ironies: How Irony Got Its (Second) Meaning

Ben Yagoda Considers Connop Thirlwell's Invention of Practical Irony
November 14, 2022  By Ben Yagoda
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A Brief History of the Hit Christmas Song

Ben Yagoda on How "White Christmas" Started It All
December 21, 2015  By Ben Yagoda
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