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It seems to come earlier every year: publishers and dictionaries choosing their “word of the year”. Initially intended to sum up a meaningful trend or feeling that represents the past year, the exercise is now becoming a competition to identify and highlight fashionable slang.
Collins went with brat, the Charli XCX album phenomenon as applied to reckless, feisty females (and briefly to Kamala Harris). Cambridge’s word was manifest, influencer-speak for “wish hard and make it happen”.
Oxford, after a poll, nominated brain rot, the mind-numbing result of scrolling and online obsessing, with slop (low-quality content produced by AI) as runner-up. Dictionary.com chose demure, used ironically to promote a more dignified pose or attitude on the part of online showoffs.
What strikes me – a lexicologist (word analyst) – is that these picks show not only how aspects of society are changing, but how the nature of words themselves evolves in unexpected ways.
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Many are using the word “oligarchy” to describe what Musk is trying to achieve, but that’s wrong. The truth is he and Putin are trying to bring about a supranational monarchy. And this is the playbook.
https://washingtonspectator.org/project-russia-reveals-putins-playbook/“Project Russia,” Reveals Putin’s Playbook | Washington Spectator
Between 2005 and 2010, a set of books called “Project Russia” was distributed to high-ranking officials in the Russian government and other influential thought…Dave Troy (Washington Spectator)
We’re heading into the darkest days of the year (tomorrow, Dec 21st, is the shortest in the Northern Hemisphere where 90% of the world’s population lives) and one of America’s darkest years (the rush of the elites to bend the knee to the incoming regime is only outmatched by the vast incompetence of everyone involved).
In a world of darkness and chaos, be a light that refuses to dim.
The Darkest Days of the Year Have Festivals of Light for a ReasonSusan Kaye Quinn (Bright Green Futures)
As workplaces go, they don’t get much livelier than Altitude Trampoline Parks. From morning until early evening, employeesEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
MENDOCINO CO., 12/21/24 — In late November 2024, a wild fox exhibiting unusual behavior was captured south ofEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
A newly obtained document sheds light on how the disavowed “excited delirium” diagnosis infiltrated the Rochester Police Department before Prude’s death.Chris Gelardi (The Intercept)
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