Dingo the Dissident

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Wednesday 26 June 2024

Almost everyone with the slightest

pretension to snobbery,
has a favourite hated neologism. 

Mine is already sixty years old,
and I still loathe the word: 

life-style/lifestyle

I have had (still have) a life,
not a fashion, not a presentation
nor an image, nor a style.


1 comment:

Bearz said...

I heard this neologism in the voice over for a recent advert for over-processed dog food on youtube, 'Whatever your dog's lifestyle' the voice over began. As an example of over-processed language I share your loathing the phrase...