shashi tharoors world of words
Did you know that English language offers so many different ways of saying 'nonsense'?
An even more dismissive term for nonsense was “codswallop” — which remains one of the most colourful words for describing nonsense
shashi tharoors world of words
An even more dismissive term for nonsense was “codswallop” — which remains one of the most colourful words for describing nonsense
Seeing your trademark becoming a commonly-used verb must be bliss for marketing people, but somewhat more worrying for their legal department
shashi tharoors world of words
Have over-sensitive experts established a new orthodoxy in language without anyone really noticing?
These often involve assumptions and biases that non-native English speakers may not share
The Edwardian era was when Wodehouse entered his 20s and came of age, and a lot of his words are redolent of that era
An amusing sidelight: at one time the slash did serve a useful purpose in British English, before the Internet found a new use for it
shashi tharoors world of words
Shashi Tharoor’s World of Words is a weekly column in which the politician, diplomat and wordsmith par excellence will dissect words and language
shashi tharoors world of words
The attitude that if the world is destroyed by ecological catastrophe, Mars could one day offer Earthlings a refuge from climate change, is termed “marsification”
A glance at the Guide suggests that the urge to get people to bite their tongues rather than use language which some may find “politically incorrect” has now crossed all reasonable limits
Shashi Tharoor's World of Words is a weekly column dissecting language