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It came about through sustained contact with native Spanish speakers who directly translated phrases from Spanish into English, a form of linguistic borrowing called ‘calques.’
The Macquarie Dictionary has chosen “doomscrolling” and “rona” as its words of the year. The Australian National Dictionary chose “iso”. Is “quazza” too far?
Accusing a person or company of ‘virtue signalling’ has become a common putdown. But slurs like these are not new.
It’s remarkable how quickly we’ve all taken on a set of new words and phrases to describe the pandemic.
