The UK, France and Canada are threatening Israel with sanctions for blocking aid to Gaza.
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With Aaron Bastani and Kieran Andrieu.…
Is there a word in English that means “Labelling everything you don’t like as [extreme negative word] and thus watering down the meaning of [extreme negative word]”?
To “cry wolf”, raising a false alarm for attention. In the story the idiom references Peter’s sheep are eventually devoured by wolves as he cries for help, which the villagers assume is yet another prank.
Is there a word in English that means “Labelling everything you don’t like as [extreme negative word] and thus watering down the meaning of [extreme negative word]”?
To “cry wolf”, raising a false alarm for attention. In the story the idiom references Peter’s sheep are eventually devoured by wolves as he cries for help, which the villagers assume is yet another prank.
Time will tell if truth matches fiction.
Being a gobshite?
Semantic bleaching.