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Loungewear

  • alice wokeland children’s greta literature wokeness
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    We need a new word for ‘wokeness’
    By Ben Domenech
  • words
    Language
    The words actually worth banning
    By Lionel Shriver
  • mass formation paralysis woke war words english
    Language
    The American war on words
    By John R. MacArthur
  • worst words
    Language
    2022’s worst words
    By Dot Wordsworth
  • gaslighting
    Language
    No, the word of the year isn’t ‘gaslighting’
    By Cockburn
  • own
    Language
    The language of the victimhood war
    By Dot Wordsworth
  • strunk white
    Language
    Down with Strunk and White
    By Peter W. Wood
  • festive
    Language
    What exactly is the ‘festive season’?
    By Dot Wordsworth
  • witch
    Language
    Can men be witches?
    By Dot Wordsworth
  • surd
    Language
    The rational meaning of ‘surd’
    By Dot Wordsworth
  • spick
    Language
    The link between spick and span, spanking and spoon
    By Dot Wordsworth
  • lounge
    Language
    The language of lounging around
    By Dot Wordsworth
  • gendered language
    Language
    How the gendered language debate is dividing Germany
    By Hannah Barratt
  • wash-up
    Language
    The dirty truth about ‘wash-up’
    By Dot Wordsworth
  • gifting
    Language
    What’s the difference between ‘gifting’ and ‘giving’?
    By Dot Wordsworth
  • football soccer
    Language
    Do the England team play football, footer, footie – or soccer?
    By Dot Wordsworth
  • critique criticize
    Language
    Critical thinking: the difference between ‘critique’ and ‘criticize’
    By Dot Wordsworth
  • scots
    Language
    The hijacking of the Scots language
    By Dot Wordsworth

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