When Language Goes Wrong

An Ounce by Jim Fugate

Jul 9, 20268:23Society & Culture

What happens when ordinary words get stretched until they stop helping us understand anything? In this episode of An Ounce, a blueberry muffin becomes problematic, violent, gaslighting, iconic, and maybe even an existent...

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