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English Language and Backgammon

Posted By: mamabear
Date: Thursday, 15 November 2018, at 6:24 p.m.

The Oxford English Dictionary has released its Word of the Year, and it is "toxic". Note the quotation marks; that's the actual Word of the Year, not my opinion of it.

But that might be my opinion of their choice of one of the eight runners-up:

Gammon:

Typically used in the UK as a derogatory term for an older middle-class white man whose face becomes flushed due to anger when expressing political (typically right-wing) opinions.

Here is the link to the entire story:

OED's Words of the Year 2018

Then click the link at the end to get to the "shortlist" which includes this new-to-me definition of a gammon.

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