… Rage (1 word) bait (1 word) = 2 words total
… so how can this be the “word” of the year? Just curious
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One of the few places left; where there was actual competition.
Albeit; some words were literally excrement.
Although, in the 20th-Worst Century; that actually translates into, some rather " Stiff" competition.
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An exercise in autological construction if ever there was one…the absurdity of the phrase, defined as a word, itself generating the reaction it claims to define…but aren’t such autological constructs the general direction of all language use now?
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… Hey, maybe he can count words. He should post that “Rage bait” is two words. Showing the he can count might restore some of his stature. Counting to 2 is surely stature producing academic behavior (behaviour) at Oxford. Hmmmmm. Obviously there were consequences of some kind beyond his removal from the Debate Society. He is just sorry there were consequences.
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Apparently, somebody is still literate enough at Oxford to draft an apology for the former president of their debating society (assuming they didn’t hire a public-relations firm to write it for them).
If only Oxford would hire someone to enforce a dress code for their debates. I can’t shake the feeling that the way this individual presented himself in the debate with Mr. Kirk was itself a deliberate insult.
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