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What word (or words) do you think will be over-used by the media, and spoken by many in the English speaking world this year?
In 2017, we were assaulted by some scary terms, with 'Fake News' pushing its way to the top. And what about 'Antifa', which was even spoken by certain Londoners close to where I live, despite it - and 'Fake News' coming from the American President. And talking about Mr Trump, the word 'Bigly' - apparently he didn't say that, but 'big league'. Closer to home, we had 'Corbynmania', but we just couldn't keep our eyes off our computers as Mr Trump got his laptop out.
6 Answers
- ?Lv 53 years ago
I'd agree with you about 'Fake News', which in the English speaking world was all over the place - but always smile at some old classics which tend to pop up of the media, like sport; how many times has one heard the word 'petulant' aimed at a snarly player since around 1998, when David Beckham thought he'd please Margaret Thatcher by going around a field acting like a player of the 1950s against Argentina. Since then, some commentator used the word...and it's never left any dirty match since.
- ?Lv 73 years ago
"fake news" was coined by Mr Trump to mean reporting that is unfair, inaccurate, opinionated, biased, distorted, fabricated.
- Anonymous3 years ago
BoIIocks
It's an absolute certainty that the vast majority will be talking boIIocks!
Just like last year, the year before that, the year before .........
- Anonymous3 years ago
Nazi.
