NPR People: Geoff Nunberg
Geoff Nunberg is the linguist contributor on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
Recent stories
Fresh Air from WHYY
Slut: The Other Four Letter S-Word
March 13, 2012, 11:36 AM
(NPR)
Rush Limbaugh said a number of things about Sandra Fluke that created such a stir that he ultimately had to apologize. But most of the reactions focused on that one word: slut. Linguist Geoff Nunberg observes that our reaction to the word says quite a lot about the society we live in.
Most Popular
