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1206. This week, we look at the secret language of video gamers — including why getting \"nerfed\" is a bad thing and what it means to \"rage quit\" — and we answer a listener's question about whether the bird \"duck\" or the verb \"duck\" came first and whether real ducks actually duck for cover.


The duck segment was by Karen Lunde, a career writer and editor [who spent nine years as a video game journalist.] These days, she writes I'll Go First, a newsletter where she shares her story, then hands you a weekly writing prompt and a metaphorical pen. Find her on igofirst.org.


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