# 112: WotY 2024: The Last Word

An episode of [Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392), 21 Feb 2025, 1 h 33 min.

Audio: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/112_WotY_2024_the_last_word.mp3?dest-id=897956

What really goes on behind the scenes at the biggest Word of the Year vote in linguistdom? Are we really going to stick with sanewashing for our word? And which words did we miss? We lock in and crash out with New Words Data Czar Dr Kelly Wright. Timestamps • Open: 0:00 • Intros: 0:57 • Words: 6:54 • Related or Not: 59:22 • Comments: 1:19:19 • The Reads: 1:24:00 • Outtake: 1:32:39

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