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Judge
2000
minded judges, politicians “were minded” to do something (and
Ken Livingstone January 11, 2007 and March 2007)
visitor attraction for tourist trap
levels In the 1970s it was “situation” – forecasters talked
about a “fog situation” instead of “fog”. Now we can’t talk about
anything without adding “levels”. And it’s still with us as we move into
2010. LINK
threat, scourge, spectre, cancer, menace etc “The threat of
xenophobia” or “the scourge of aids” instead of xenophobia and aids. (Or
the “spectre of AIDS”, or the “menace of AIDS”.) (A bit like the
American habit of adding “disorder” to states of mind: Stress disorder,
panic disorder, narcissistic personality disorder.) “We will always
support measures that deal head on with the cancer of discrimination.”
Michael Howard Aug. 2004. “the cancer of litigation” David Davis Aug.
2004
2001
People have stopped talking about values at last
wrenching (adjective)
calcified French society is “calcifying”, letter to Evening
Standard August 9 2005 According to Merriam-Webster, it means “to make
calcareous by deposit of calcium salts” or “to become inflexible and
changeless, harden”.
your call
corrosive Young Offender’s Institution Has Corrosive
Atmosphere Guardian headline 30 Aug 01
nuanced
red-top for tabloid
newspaper
wrap Erykah Badu wears a head-wrap not a turban, there’s a
kind of sandwich called a wrap, lines on screen suffer from word-wrap, a
wraparound skirt is now a wrap skirt. When did wrapping paper become
wrap? Australian gladwrap for clingfilm has been around since the 70s.
2010: nail wraps are stick-on nails or hardening treatments. Car wraps
are all-round transfers.
diversity Multi-ethnic became multi-cultural and now we have
diversity – probably short for cultural or ethnic diversity.
creep mission creep, function creep Like the movement of a
glacier? expansion of asphalt?
sassy Merriam-Webster: alteration of saucy. Date: 1833 1:
impudent, saucy 2: vigorous, lively 3: distinctively smart and stylish
prongs for horns of dilemma, multipronged approach
junket for free hospitality surrounding film launches etc
buildout like rollout
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