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From gaslighting to gammon, 2018’s buzzwords reflect our toxic times | Emma Brockes

Forget the neutral ‘glamping’ and ‘vape’ – Oxford Dictionaries’ new words of the year are products of our heightened politics
‘Toxic came out top for the sheer breadth of its useage – starting with the widespread uptake of ‘toxic masculinity’ in the wake of #MeToo, and from there spreading outwards.’ Photograph: Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA

In the space of a single week I have, without overly noticing at the time, accused someone of me for being excessively cheerful on the phone when I thought sobriety was required; described to someone else an intention to do a “hard reset on my boundaries” after I was kept waiting and

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