New times call for new words and phrases. The list starts here.
First up: fear forward. As in ‘fashion forward’, but more (f)era-appropriate. For instance, those who are enjoying their ‘I told you so’ moment with regards to the current global recession, can be rightly described as ‘fear forward’.
With apologies and props to Word Spy.
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AF: “best. thing. ever. Henry Rollins on RuPaul's Drag Race  ” |
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AF: “RT @dickiebeau ” |
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AF: “@timhayward randomness in Old Street ;-)” | |
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YouTube - Four Lions Trailer [Welcome back, Chris Morris.] |
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AF: “New Lanvin for Acne looks like laundry: ” |
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AF: “Cat test ” |
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AF: “@lisadevaney thanks hon - so sorry not to see you, hope the quilts were quilty” | |
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AF: “@timhayward clever.” | |
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AF: “say no to double denim, kids” | |
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Catholic adoption society wins exemption from using gay parents | World news | guardian.co.uk [So no carers are better than gay carers?] |
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AF: “I like to think of it as 'duvet couture'” | |
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AF: “@davidbarrie any update on the People's Supermarket please? We'd still love to post about it ...” | |
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AF: “sick ;-(” | |
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Song of Farewell | |
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DB: “RT @eyemagazine: Philip K Dick archive, including cover art section, via @Tony_White_” |
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DB: “Dinner at The Premises.” | |
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DB: “Frances Young's -sites of transition- at Madder139. Locked-groove wings over rollercoasters. Fabulous” | |
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We posted 3 pictures on Flickr... | |
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Lonely death of Juanita Goggins, trailblazer of US civil rights | World news | guardian.co.uk [RIP Juanita Goggins.] |
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AF: “glitterati” | |
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DB: “debugging whilst listening to Colleen's music box music” | |
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AF: “going on narrative spree” | |
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DB: “package was evidently back within 20 miles of here at 8:41 this morning. wonder where it is now...” | |
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Permuto Discoveries » What are People Really Buying Online? | |
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AF: “won the raffle!” | |
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'24', a diplomatic row and a spy chief's lecture on torture - Americas, World - The Independent [... the former secret service chief implied that the [US] leadership in Washington was inspired by watching the TV espionage thriller 24. She said: "Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld certainly watched 24".] |
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DB: “Hey #Amazon/#HDNL -- New Cross -> Droitwich -> Hackney is NOT an efficient delivery route. NOR energy-efficient. #fail #footprint” | |
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Twitter Paid $6 or Less for Crowdsourced ‘Birdie’ Graphic | Epicenter | Wired.com | |
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AF: “@fireandknives is the editor available for dinner any time soon? x” | |
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DB: “@1854 re 'street' photographer interactions with police -- yes but only when shooting the G20 protests! never been an issue around clubs...” | |
Pew Internet publishes its latest findings on news consumption.
Nike in ‘cool new robot not cool or new’ shock.
Amazon’s ‘vanishment’ of LGBT literature from sales ranks spurs a realtime revolt via social media.
Running a club night in London will require reporting of all acts and ‘target audience’ to the Met. WHAT?
Or at least, what it might be up to…
The continuation of exclusion, by other means…
Self-appointed internet censors mess with Wikipedia.
New times call for new words and phrases. The list starts here.
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