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The Stuff of Thought
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Podcasts that mention The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
Freakonomics Radio episodes that mention The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
Episode: Swearing Is More Important Than You Think | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 540
Published on April 20, 2023
Question: you've got this kind of euphemism treadmill that Stephen Pinker talks about where it starts off as a bad word, but then people use it more and more, and then you get used to it, and then it falls away, and then you need to come up with another bad word.
The host discusses the 'euphemism treadmill' concept, which is attributed to Stephen Pinker. This idea suggests that a word begins as taboo but becomes more acceptable over time, necessitating the creation of new terms to fill the space of the old ones.
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