Even though the Oxford English Dictionary has awarded it the title of 2016’s International Word of the Year – is “post-truth” more apt in describing the ongoing political situation in America than in Britain?
By: Ringo Bones
Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2016 is “Post-Truth”
– which it describes as an adjective “relating to or denoting circumstances in
which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than
appeals to emotion and personal belief”. Even though the word has been around
since last year, its usage has spiked by around 2,000-percent this year and
usually pertaining to the subject of Brexit and the election of the soc-called American
political outsider named Donald J. Trump into the White House during the 2016
US Presidential Elections.
Even though the word’s connotations can scare the hell out
of most individuals over 40 who have lived through the most harrowing events of
recent history, worse still, to those afflicted with age-related macular
degeneration, the word “post-truth” eerily resembles “Post-Trump” which could
drive those endangered by the upcoming Trump presidency to shore up their own
resolve. Some say this is scarier than the fact that Donald J. Trump is America’s
first paedophile president.
