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Shrinkflation and beyond: the words we need to call out dodgy economics
For consumers, coining these terms and spreading them is necessary in avoiding industry spin.
- by David Astle
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Tock-sick aclockalypse: When a hangover meets daylight savings
My post-party blues were made far worse by the household clock jumping forward.
- by David Astle
Gives me the ick! How we became addicted to suffix-ication
From the Marvel-ification of cinema and the Trumpification of democracy to the woke-ification of comedy.
- by David Astle
Buggage and beyond: the reader queries that are filling up my inbox
If you write about language, you’ll cop language in return, via mail and emails.
- by David Astle
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Meet the slippery, unpredictable words that can’t be trusted
Even familiar terms, such as “mercurial”, can turn out to embrace opposite meanings.
- by David Astle
Turkey to takeaway chicken: our language is forever (preg)spreading
As India looks set to be renamed Bharat, pity the dictionaries trying to keep up with ever-changing vocabularies.
- by David Astle
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Strolling Bones at Sunday Service
Looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away.