Why is gaslighting 'gaslighting'? What do bodily fluids have to do with personality traits? Why does 'cataract' mean a waterfall and an eye condition? And do doctors really say 'Stat!' or is that just in ER?

It's the end-of-2016 bonus edition of the Allusionist, containing some of your etymological requests and extra chat from some of this year's guests, to whit:

Dr Isaac Siemens from the Name That Disease episode, on the language doctors are using when they don't want you to know what they're talking about;

Naming consultant Nancy Friedman from the Brand It episode, on name trends in the legal marijuana business;

Dictionary.com's Jane Solomon from the Word of the Day episode, on people's weird dictionary search patterns;

Divorce lawyer Nick Allen from the Post-Love episode, on grounds for divorce.

Missed those episodes? Go back and catch up, before the show returns in early February.

There's a transcript of this episode at theallusionist.org/transcripts/bonus2016.

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