Newspeak

[naomi24]

When Gwyneth Paltrow and her partner separated she declared that they had ‘consciously uncoupled’, and Emma Watson has now announced that she is ‘self-partnered’ rather than ‘single’. What is going on? Any more examples of batty ‘Newspeak’?

[ladybirder]

I hope not:-(

[hereIam]

'self-partnered' !! Ye Gods I've heard it all now …..

[anneasquith]

These * people* have too much time on their hands.

[emmie]

not sure if it applies but can't get my head round

at this moment in time,
newscasters, pundits, celebs
say it - bleurgh

[naomi24]

I wonder how long it took them to come up with that gobbledegook?

[dannyk13]

Transgenders addressed as they.

[Rockrose]

I don’t understand why people makes such a fuss over what and how others call themselves?
Seriously how does this affect your daily life?

[TheDevil]

Is being self-partnered simply not a more vain term for the more common relationship status, single?

[emmie]

it doesn't but you have to wonder at being called
"They"

[SparklyKid]

World gone completely bonkers.

[naomi24]

Rockrose, how does what others say here affect your daily life?

[dannyk13]

I'd hate to be an English teacher trying to explain the meaning of certain words to primary school pupils.

[retrocop]

Obviously it's luvvie talk.

[dannyk13]

They means more than one person, except when it refers to one transgender person. What!

[retrocop]

danny
Why has our language we know been appropriated by minorities.

People will raise their eyebrows and censure for saying, " I think Boris put up a bit of a black in last night's debate" or, "He's really queered his pitch by putting that in his manifesto"
These are words and expressions used long before the recent modern verbal dross came on the scene.

[emmie]

luvvies, can't stand the word.

[Mamyalynne]

We've always played with words, it's what people do - nothing new about it.

As a small child I used to hear 'Me, Myself, and I' referring to the state of self or the state of being single.

Originally came from a 1937 song sang by Billie Holiday.

If we'd let the language stagnate we would all be speaking most oddly now.

[emmie]

like" in every other sentence, aaagghh

[mushroom25]

self partnered. puts me in mind of a 1970s song by Doc Cox, aka Ivor Biggun…...

[david small]

Self partnered, as in self serving, as in satisfying self, Oer missus...