The language of "Mad Men" and the perils of self-expurgation

My latest "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine (along with a followup Word Routes column on the Visual Thesaurus) takes an in-depth look at the language of "Mad Men," the critically acclaimed AMC series that begins its fourth season on Sunday. Though I'm not as hard on the show as fellow Language … Continue reading The language of "Mad Men" and the perils of self-expurgation