The Scariest Word
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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here What’s the most unsettling word in the English language? Etymologists have made plenty of suggestions. Words like macabre, phantasmagoria, and sinister are somehow able to combine meaning, sound, and cultural associations to trigger a sense of fear. Horror expert Sydney Bermudez would add that words like uncanny, mimic, and threshold can… Read more »