The Plain English Foundation has chosen “integrity issue” as its worst word or phrase of 2022. This phrase came up when lions escaped their enclosure at Taronga Zoo. Explaining the incident, the zoo said that the fence had an “integrity issue”. While the zookeepers did an excellent job of coaxing the lions back to their…
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Worst Word of the Year
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Plain English Foundation has voted Brangelexit as the worst word or phrase of 2016. The word describes the divorce of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie by combining their celebrity moniker “Brangelina” with the recent “Brexit” vote. “Brangelexit combines a compound with a compound, creating a rather ugly word,” said Dr. Neil James, Executive Director of…