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Banished and Un-Banished Words

You're Saying It Wrong by KMUW

Feb 28, 202632:44Comedy

We finish our discussion of the words people would like to see banned from the English language in 2026 and then we uncover some uncommonly odd things about one particular prefix.

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Banished and Un-Banished Words is an episode from You're Saying It Wrong by KMUW. We finish our discussion of the words people would like to see banned from the English language in 2026 and then we uncover some uncommonly odd things about o...

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Published Feb 28, 2026, 32:44 long, audio available.

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