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Born in Bihar, he became one of the greatest writers in English language, but he was not IndianGeorge Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, British India, became a celebrated British writer. His classics, Animal Farm and 1984, r...- Word of the day: NeologismNeologism meaning: Neologisms are new words, expressions, or meanings that emerge to describe evolving ideas, technologies, and cultural sh...
- Situationship, beige flag, de-influencing: Eight words on shortlist for Oxford word of the yearAll of the words and expressions on the shortlist "reflect unique concerns, concepts and preoccupations that we've all experienced this yea...
- Not 'pandemic', 'corona' or 'Covid-19', but '2020' could be the word of the yearThere is no single word yet for “unending series of disastrous events” but 2020 should fit the bill.
- Covidivorces, quaranteens and coronials: Why coronavirus puns and neologisms are going viralNew words to depict a Covid-19-struck world are becoming a quarantrend.
- When a diplomatese payload is droppedConfusion over comestible or combustible will reign until diplo-linguists step in.
- No full stops in political pedantryHippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is becoming increasingly common.
- Bumming around between jobsThe old job may well have been crappy but the holiday after dumping it need not be couched in such judgemental terms.
- Akhilesh Yadav is not the only one who is okay with a "little bit of cheating"Mr Yadav, a father of three school-goers, obviously feels that the same applies to examinations, where a total ban on the widespread practi...
- When fake news means fake newsAll those with a penchant for neologisms should keep this important distinction in mind when formulating and laying claim to catchwords and...
- My Word, Brexit Trumps Trumpism‘Throwing shade’ (another contender for 2016’s top word, meaning public expression of contempt) will surely be deemed by some to be but an ...
- French tongue is twisting around not just alien words but also alien foodsSome of the neologisms produced by this very French mingling of tongues would just as easily find a place in the patois of Britain.
- English must undergo scrutiny to find out the words not found in any standard referencesThere seems to be a chance that English speakers and readers will be left behind by the language of their choice even if they have an insta...
- Soon we may not understand what is being said in EnglishThat is not to say English is not enriched by such evocative words as awesomesauce, manspreading and brain fart, but they do appear to be b...
- The use of Mx: A step forward for gender neutrality or a leap into confusion?The retention of the first letter as M itself marks a certain lingering love for tradition that in coming years may be deemed too patriarch...
- English is full of forgotten old words that would be useful todayEven a casual perusal of a normal — read, oversized — unabridged dictionary reveals a wealth of words that are exceptionally appropriate fo...
- Graphic redemption for comic booksComic books have become something of a cult hobby in the west — akin, perhaps to what stamp-collecting was for preceding generations.
- English’s ability to evolve means it will not go the Latin wayThe dictionary would somehow seem incomplete today without our beloved omnishambles, geek chic or, dare we say, twerking, which have recent...
- Politics in India: Art of bisyllabic neologismThe need for snarky shorthand and catchy alliteration is manifest as microblogging is now an important tool of political communication.
- Faith lifter‘Heist’ is a verb derived from ‘hoist’, or ‘lift’, as in jewel-thieving. ‘Faith’ is a noun taken from the Latin word for ‘confidence’. But ...
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