# 111: Words of the Week of the Year 2024 (live with Mignon Fogarty and friends)

An episode of [Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392), 21 Dec 2024, 1 h 43 min.

Audio: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/111_WotWotY_2024.mp3?dest-id=897956

It's our Words of the Year episode, where we do a vibe check on all the words and name one of them our Because Language Word of the Year. We're joined by Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty and a lot of friends and supporters. It's going to be weird. It's going to be brat. You know we're going to eat that. Timestamps • Cold open: 0:00 • Intros: 0:54 • All the words from everywhere: 10:58 • Related or Not: 43:28 • Words from Mignon and James: 58:50 • Our Words of the Week of the Year: 1:13:23 • The Reads: 1:33:40 • Outtakes: 1:39:29

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