Word Watch: Allyship
This thoroughly alien word has arrived on our shores and penetrated the higher echelons of one of our most conservative institutions.
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This thoroughly alien word has arrived on our shores and penetrated the higher echelons of one of our most conservative institutions.
The problem with the term ‘gender’ is that it has a generally understood meaning and unmooring it from that meaning tends to render it useless.
Those using this word incorrectly are being influenced by semi-literate road-sign writers.
A period – or rather full stop – can transform every slogan into a statement, inviting the response ‘this is true’.
Somehow the fundamental meaning of ‘to heave’, to lift with effort, has become associated particularly with nautical actions.
‘Snuck’ doesn’t sound like a serious word at all, but there’s no watchdog insisting that additions to the English language should have a ‘serious’ etymology.
The word ‘impact’ is no longer just a verb but, rather, a force that engages with both society and the environment in different ways.
Until 1965 the British said “in the street”. The sudden switch to “on the street” was a remarkable illustration of the direct impact of American cinema on our daily lives.
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