Ivanka Trump is a prose poet of jargon. Remember ‘architecting’?

by Rashmee

Posted on December 2, 2019


I was reading Andrew Hill’s excellent piece in the FT about the business jargon that …

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Outrage is being weaponised. Think Paxman & Titanic row over Belfast

by Rashmee

Posted on June 17, 2015


Outrage is being “weaponized” say Guy Benson and Mary Katherine Ham, whose new book ‘…

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@JemayelK & end of discussion: Outrage makes for ‘sham of discourse’

by Rashmee

Posted on June 15, 2015


Jemayel Khawaja @JemayelK, managing editor of Thump (from the Vice group) metaphorically shakes his …

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End of discussion? Sir Tim Hunt, Seinfield and the wild outrage index

by Rashmee

Posted on June 14, 2015


The Outrage Index is out of control. Consider the case of the British scientist Sir …

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Mona Lisa’s duckface? The world changes with every word we make up

by Rashmee

Posted on June 7, 2015


Does the world change with every word we make up to describe it? It’s a …

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Narendra Modi’s use of words – too many, in too controlled situations

by Rashmee

Posted on June 6, 2015


Narendra Modi’s use of words is not as much of a success as the hype …

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Remember adorkable, gaybourhood? Dictionaries validate nowspeak

by Rashmee

Posted on June 3, 2015


Why are dictionaries increasingly prone to growth spurts? Mostly because it makes good sense for …

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Jeb Bush and the kin’s speech: Language fight over Dubya’s Iraq invasion

by Rashmee

Posted on May 31, 2015


Jeb Bush deserves everyone’s sympathy (but not necessarily their vote) because one can’t choose one’s …

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Unknown knowns: Is it good that the language of science is English?

by Rashmee

Posted on May 26, 2015


Michael D Gordin, a historian of modern science at Princeton has a great piece …

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Known unknowns: Are Poles workaholic or just very hard-working?

by Rashmee

Posted on May 25, 2015


Are Polish people workaholics? Or do they just work very hard because they have to …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK