As English speakers, we have a plethora of epithets at our disposal available to hurl at those whom we reproach. But linguist Geoffrey Nunberg says these days, there’s one word that has come to take center stage in the world of name-calling. In his new book, “Ascent of the A-Word,” Nunberg traces the history of the word — and the personality type.
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