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Etymology Corner – Collins Word of the Year 2016

November 3, 2016

Brexit Surely the most significant event in British politics for many years occurred on 23 June 2016 when voters decided … Continued

November 3, 2016

Brexit has been named Collins Word of the Year 2016 thanks to a dramatic increase in usage. Here’s the words

October 31, 2016

As if Brexit wasn’t bad enough, we now have something worse to look forward to: hard Brexit. Although we’re all

October 28, 2016

Collins applauds the campaign by The Mother Hub to change the stereotypical view of Essex women, which has raised some

October 28, 2016

Bonfire Coming as it does just after the clocks have been turned back, Bonfire Night brings a welcome distraction from

October 20, 2016

Okay, folks – another blog, another brief round up of the one great bounty Brexit keeps furnishing forth; new coinages.

October 14, 2016

(de)bat(tery) The words ‘debate’ and ‘battery’ might seem to have little in common, although both have been in the news

October 4, 2016

What is a womance, d’you think? A relationship between two Jonathan Ross impersonators? Between two fans of Womad? Two wombats?

September 28, 2016

A recurring theme of this year’s “new words” blog posts has been old words cropping up again in a slightly