Category: Miss-Use of Language Series
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R Is For Refugee
REFUGEES are, according to the UN people who are fleeing persecution. This word is misused by both sides of the pro and anti migration argument. Mass migration benefits few people other than those of the middle class who seek cheap labour and those of the politician class who seek a bogeyman to scare us with,…
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K is for Knox (or the illusion of wealth)
Comrade Chris returns with the latest in our ongoing series exploring the use and abuse of language Fort KNOX is used as a metaphor for security. However, it is no longer a bullion depository. So as secure as it may be, it is better used as a metaphor for the insecurity of the global economy,…

