Why is the term ‘chav’ still causing rows?

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Class word-war

Politics and honesty never went well together anyway. Politifact, the Florida-based nonpartisan fact-checking group called the term “government takeover of health care” its lie of the year. Careful not to dissect the law itself, the group noted that…

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Politifact Names ‘Lie of the Year’

Does this count as a Freudian slip? President Barack Obama said Monday that he should not have used the term “enemies” last month while campaigning. Obama called Republicans “enemies” of Latino voters in a radio interview with Eddie “Polin” Sotelo, a…

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When the 5th Stryker Combat Brigade arrived in Afghanistan, its leader, Col. Harry D. Tunnell IV, openly sneered at the U.S. military’s counterinsurgency strategy. The old-school commander barred his officers from even mentioning the term and told shocked U.S. and NATO officials that he was…

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