Front PageFor the 50th year in a row, a group of linguists chose 10 English words that need to be banned
CrimeDadHonestly, it's kind of messed up that we call it a *sleeve* of cookies. Sleeve is an incredibly repulsive word on its own, the more I think about it.
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JoshuaDunno about you, but the empty formula “What To Know” in every third news story has started to grate.
Medievalists.netFrom Churl to Cur - here are ten medieval insults! https://www.medievalists.net/2024/12/10-medieval-insults/ #insults #medieval #Englishlanguage #badwords
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DOES ABUSIVE AND BAD WORDS LANGUAGE EFFECT YOUR DESTINY ? A CASE STUDY
I happen to come in contact with a labour supervisor and in small span of time he opened up himself with me and was discussing about his family life. From his discussion I understood that he was not happy with his family life for quite some time and feel like quitting the present job and go to h...
I am calling for a moratorium on all forms of the word “test” in headlines, except to refer to literal tests (e.g., the SAT). It means nothing in particular, other than to herald the presence of a readymade media narrative or trope.
On second thought - keep using it. It tells me what stories to ignore.
Thursday’s bad word is this week’s third and last: “likely” as an adverb, meaning “probably.”
Example: “You will likely ignore this, but…”
Perhaps it’s a generational grievance, but likely-as-adverb sets my teeth on edge. Not every word ending in -ly is an adverb; just think of “friendly.”
Probably most of you will think I’m being silly, though. That’s the most likely outcome.
Wednesday’s bad word: “ask” as a noun, meaning a request or a goal in a negotiation. “What’s our ask today?”
If “an ask” is the answer, what was the question?
I’ve got three #badwords in store this week.
Let’s start with “gift” as a verb. What was wrong with “give,” anyway?
The bad word for today is “circle back.” It means to come back or return, e.g., to a topic of discussion. Example: “Let’s move on for now and circle back to this agenda item later.”
It’s not the worst expression I can think of, but it suffers from over-use.
(It’s time I paused this series of #badwords posts. I may return to it later.)