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Bayeux Tapestry detail: Coronation of Harold, created by Myrabella, 2013, used under Creative Commons license

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McKean on “Meep!”

March 14, 2020

12 December 2009

Erin McKean’s column on the Boston Globe website* is all about meep and the “power of the meaningless.” It’s a good look at the social and linguistic significance of a nonsense word. Besides, any word coined by the Roadrunner is worth reading about.

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