Words

The Māori word of the week is: āpōpō. "Ka hoki mai au āpōpō. I will return tomorrow". Audio

Peter Sokolowski is the Editor at Large at Merriam-Webster. He's defined and edited entries for many of the company's dictionaries, he also serves as pronouncer for spelling bees around the world… Audio

Thirty commonly mispronounced food words (and how to say them correctly). Audio

Split infinitives, long sentences and the word that are all off-limits to those who draft letters and speeches for the Attorney-General and Government Minister, Chris Finlayson. Audio

Defining and defending equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell. This time Deborah focuses on the words we use to describe women. Audio

Author of the Schott's Miscellany series, and the new book Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition. Audio

A New Yorker piece is predicting that words used incredibly often, like "iconic", will soon disappear through contempt. Audio

Victoria University Professor Laurie Bauer on some of the peculiarities of the English language. His specialist area is morphology, the way words are brought together to create new ones. Professor… Audio

Ten English words you didn't know existed. Or maybe you did? Audio

The phenomenon of word aversion - ordinary sorts of words that some people just detest. Audio

Erina O'Donohue has been looking at the latest Broadcasting Standards Authority survey of words and phrases people believe shouldn't be allowed on the air. Audio

Dianne Bardsley is a lexicographer and author of the Book of New Zealand Words, which contains more than 1,500 unique words and expressions. Audio

How to swear without swearing; is it a street, road, avenue... Audio

Dr Andrea Calude from the Department of Applied Linguistics at Waikato University was one of a small group of researchers at the University of Reading who made an attempt to trace a group of words… Audio

Words and phrases Time Magazine wants deleted from the vocabulary in 2013. Audio

Peter Dowling looks at the names of marae: Taputapuatea, Tūrangawaewae. Audio

A lexicographer who was born in Whanganui has been found responsible for covertly getting rid of words from the Oxford English Dictionary. Audio

The Lake Superior State University annual list of banished words and phrases is out. Audio

Katy Gosset examines the language of disability and how it's changed over time. Audio

Tūru – chair, rorohiko – computer, pene – pen, papa pātuhi – keyboard, rātaka – daily planner, kōpae mārō – hard drive, waea – telephone, rama – lamp. Audio