Words
Coronavirus vocabulary
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has brought many new words and phrases into everyday use. Some existed before but are used more now. Others have entered our vocabulary over the past couple of months COVID-19 corona coronavirus PPE… Read More ›
New words
I am sure that self-isolation and social distancing will enter the dictionary this year, as will many slang terms related to COVID-19. In addition, ‘old’ words like ‘furlough’ have been used more and more this year. ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD… Read More ›
Did you know?
fear of being without your phone is called nomophobia if you hear your phone ringing even when it isn’t, it is called ringxiety, fauxcellarm, phantom vibration syndrome, phantom ringing syndrome, phonetom preferring to interact by phone rather than face to face is called phubbing
One of my favourite smells
My others are just-mowed grass sheets after having dried in the sun freshly-brewed or ground coffee freshly baked bread plastic dolls sun tan lotion Vicks Vaporub Johnson’s baby powder
The rise and fall of slang over 900 years
I read an interesting article recently about the rise and fall of slang words throughout history. There is even an interactive chart where you can see words in different areas that have come and gone over time. The English language… Read More ›
Origin of the word ‘selfie’
It seems almost certain the selfie originated in Australia with a young drunk first using the word to describe a self-portrait photograph more than a decade ago. Oxford Dictionaries revealed this week the earliest known usage is from a 2002… Read More ›
34 words that are actually acronyms
Acronyms are abbreviations that can be pronounced as words. NATO is a perfect example. UN however is never pronounced as “UN” so it remains an abbreviation. (Navy) SEAL – SEa, Air, Land 3M – Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing AGA (stove)… Read More ›
