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Mind your language

Why 'safe' is Dot Wordsworth's word of the year

From safe spaces to NSFW

12 December 2015

9:00 AM

12 December 2015

9:00 AM

‘Makes me feel sick,’ said my husband, referring not to the third mince pie of the morning (in Advent, supposedly a penitential time of preparation), nor to accepting a glass of champagne after having earlier accepted a glass of whisky at another house. No, what made him feel sick was the seasonal greeting: ‘God bless, and be safe.’

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