Bob Garfield, author most recently of the genre novel Bedfellows, is co-host of Slate’s Lexicon Valley and of WNYC’s On the Media.

Recently by Bob Garfield

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The Jittery History of a Very Nervous Phrase
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
July 27, 2015 11:02 AM
What’s the Deal With Translating Seinfeld?
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
July 13, 2015 9:20 AM
Don't Be a Clown! Guess This Word With Vaudevillian Roots.
Ben Zimmer, Mike Vuolo, and Bob Garfield
June 29, 2015 2:52 PM
Language Has a Positivity Bias. How Did We Measure That?
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
June 19, 2015 12:44 PM
Guess the Mystery Word!
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
June 01, 2015 9:59 AM
Game of Thrones Has Several Made-Up Languages. Meet the Guy Who Created Them.
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
May 18, 2015 11:14 AM
Attention Southerners: Here’s Why You Love Seersucker
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
May 04, 2015 11:14 AM
Lexicon Valley: Shakespeare Used Double Negatives. Why Don't We?
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
April 20, 2015 11:30 AM
Why Is Pumpernickel Bread Named for a Farting Devil?
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
April 06, 2015 12:32 PM
Slate’s Dan Kois Wrote “Try And” Instead of “Try To.” Is He Illiterate?
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
March 23, 2015 10:35 AM
Where Does the Word Carnival Come From?
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
March 09, 2015 10:29 AM
Lexicon Valley: On -Ess, -Ette, -Trix, and Other Feminine Endings
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
Feb 23, 2015 3:07 PM
Did the Word Quiz Result From a Bet?
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
Feb 09, 2015 10:27 AM
Masha Gessen on Translating Anna Karenina
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
Jan 26, 2015 11:20 AM
The Etymology of Cockamamie Is Just That
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
Jan 12, 2015 12:48 PM
Lexicon Valley: Lexicographers Explain Their Words of the Year
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
Dec 29, 2014 11:29 AM
We Need Your Help! Where Did the Phrase Get One’s Goat Come From?
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
Nov 17, 2014 12:31 PM
Where Did the Word Snark Come From?
Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield
Oct 20, 2014 9:09 AM
Big Government, Will You Be My Valentine?
Bob Garfield
Feb 13, 2014 11:42 PM
How a Child’s Universe Was Literally Turned Upside Down
Bob Garfield
Jan 15, 2014 1:19 PM