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brexit stage right?
I have tried to resist the change, I have tried to make a stand, I have tried to persuade others, but in the end it seems inevitable that ‘Brexit’ has entered the English language. It’s such an ugly and clumsy word – a lazy amalgamation of ‘Britain’ and ‘exit’ to denote the decision in the…
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new words
Those of you who are unfortunate enough to be regular visitors to this blog (and the fact you keep coming back suggests that you are doing it deliberately as opposed to those who have stumbled on this repository of bloggerel on t’internet) will know that from time to time I like to invent words. I have created…
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Pontificating
So, that one caught us all by surprise didn’t it? I did not hear of anyone who was claiming credit for predicting that the Pope would be resigning yesterday, nor that he would announce his resignation in Latin! I don’t want to get too side-tracked by this, but I wondered what the Latin word for…
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another new word is born
In my ongoing quest to create new words to enter common usage in the English Language I am proud to announce the birth of a new word (you’ll see how relevant that description is in a moment): To describe the period of time for a church when their Minister is on Maternity Leave (or possibly…
nukelearfishing 