Which film gave us the paparazzi? Why might we turn something up to eleven? Who first knew where the bodies are buried? Join lexicographers Craig Leyland and Fiona McPherson to view the language of cinema through an Oxford English Dictionary lens.

Come back for another episode in two weeks (August 26th), when we’ll be joined by the OED’s archivist Beverley McCulloch, to discuss her work preserving the dictionary’s historical record as well as some of the notable correspondence we’ve kept on file.

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