Tag: bane
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Manspreading
WotD: Manspreading Let’s talk about manspreading the bane of all public transit riders. Manspreading is a term that has gained increasing attention in recent years, particularly in the context of public transit. It refers to the practice of men sitting with their legs spread wide apart, taking up more than their fair share of space…
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Leaps and bounds
Phrase: Leaps and bounds About this time two years ago, the coronavirus, which has been the bane of our lives for two years, first began to raise its head. Some news stories mentioned a strange disease in Wuhan, China, but nobody was paying attention. When China first officially announced it on December 31, 2019, little…
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Hit home
Word of the Day: Hit home It happens to the best of us. At first, we think an unexpected change will be as good as a rest. Then reality hits home. When something hits home a person realizes that a situation is much worse, painful or miserable than they initially thought it would be. I…
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Lose track of time
Phrase: Lose track of time There’s a war happening online. It’s a battle for our time. All websites strive to attract us and make us lose track of time so that we will stay there on their site for as long as possible. One minute you’re concentrating on preparing a document for a meeting, then suddenly, you…
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Bane
Word of the Day: Bane I heard it on the BBC. The bane of the great United States of America is not drugs, guns or climate change – it’s student debt. When something is described as a bane, it’s the source of pain, suffering and perhaps the ruin of the person involved. High levels of student debt with…
