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Adam Aleksic is a linguist known online as "The Etymology Nerd". His educational videos are watched regularly by millions.
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- TIMESTAMPS
00:00 How Social Media Impacts Linguistics
03:49 Have Younger Generations Always Altered Language?
07:52 Using Language to Avoid Confronting Death
12:37 The Speed of How Modern Words Are Adopted
15:47 Phrases That Come From Mocking Foreigners
16:56 What is a Dysphemism?
20:35 Dying & Dead Metaphors
27:06 Applying a Concept to a Different Domain
29:47 The Background of the Term ‘Slang’
32:38 Can You Force Slang Into Existence?
39:39 How Algorithms Are Shaping Our Speech
50:30 Should Content Creators Learn Etymology?
57:44 How Conscious is Linguistics?
59:40 Controversial Linguistics Takes
61:22 The Link Between Language & Politics
1:04:51 How the FBI Caught the Unabomber
1:07:29 Unique Dialects in Pop Culture
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