Metaphorigins

S2E8 - Jarring Joints & Corporate Language

September 21, 2020 Kevin Mercurio Season 2 Episode 8
Metaphorigins
S2E8 - Jarring Joints & Corporate Language
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Show Notes

I look into the unfriendly idiom of giving someone "the cold shoulder", with two competing theories in the etymology world. Additionally, I discuss an article about corporate language, and how employees are fooled (or do the fooling) to inefficiently hide the purposes of their communication. Check out the references and transcript to this episode here: https://www.kjbmercurio.com/episode/018.

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