The latest crop of words added to the Collins Dictionary still contains a number of items that can be attributed … Continued
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don’t know where, don’t know when, but I know we’ll metaphor again some sunny day.” Throughout World War II Dame
It’s VE Day. “We’ll metaphor again… Read Post »
“No man is an island, entire of itself.” The truth of John Donne’s powerful aphorism has gone on receiving heart-warming
“Who’s Zoomin’ Who?” Read Post »
Quarantine has emerged as the word that dictionary users are searching for most frequently during the lockdown caused by the
From lockdown to love: the words we are looking up Read Post »
What do these five words have in common: screenager, Reaganomics, Joementum, flexitarian and brunch? Well done! I knew you would
‘Twas brillig and the slithy toves Read Post »
Furlough has featured heavily in UK media recently. So much so, that on BBC Radio 4’s Money Box on 28
Furlough: a military word on civvy street Read Post »
What is happiness? Answers vary according to which religion or creed you cleave to. For an Epicurean it might be
Over the last few years, the language of increasing global temperatures has been — well, heating up. In the early
The World Health Organization has just used the word ‘pandemic’ to describe the spread of the coronavirus across the globe,
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