A Thoughtful Gift
Yesterday, my son, Chris, and his wife, Kathleen, presented me with a framed color photograph showing my "newly-found" grandmother standing in the midst of the beautiful flowers that she cultivated. Very nice!
OXFORD Dictionary Word of the Year for 2016
The Nation magazine cryptic puzzle for February 27, 2017 contained nine of the ten words that the editors of the Oxford Dictionary selected as new and potent words that were in almost universal English usage in 2016. They were tasked with picking the most appropriate word. Here are all ten words in contention:
ADULTING - Behaving like a responsible adult.
ALT-RIGHT - An extreme conservative and reactionary viewpoint. Having deliberate controversial content.
BREXITEER - A person in favor of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the European Union.
CHATBOT - A computer program designed to simulate conversation with human users, especially over the Internet.
COULROPHOBIA - Extreme or irrational fear of clowns.
GLASS CLIFF - Related to a woman or member of a minority group ascending to a leadership position that has high risk.
HYGGE - Quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality allowing a feeling of well-being. (A characteristic of Danish culture.)
LATINX - A person of Latin American origin or descent. This is the gender neutral alternative to
Latino or Latina.
POST-TRUTH - "Belonging to a time in which the specified concept has become unimportant or irrelevant." (Huh? Better... read as "after the truth was known.)
WOKE - Alert to injustice in society, especially racism. (United States slang.)
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And the winner was............... POST-TRUTH.
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What words or phrases would you have picked? Alternate/alternative Facts?
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