ARE WE LIVING IN THE AGE OF ISH?
Oct 20, 2019
4 minutes
Words: Lotte Jeffs/The Sunday Times Magazine/News Licensing.
“SO, ARE YOU EXCLUSIVE?” I asked a friend who has been dating the same guy for two months. “Ish,” she replied, with a slight shrug, meaning: she’s not sleeping with anyone else but she could if she felt like it, and so could he, maybe.
“Any dietary requirements?” I messaged my Dinner At Mine WhatsApp group. “I’m vegan-ish,” came one response, meaning (I requested clarification) he orders oat milk lattes and is “mainly plant-based these days”, but if I was going to make a delicious cacio e pepe, he would happily eat it and wouldn’t need a cashew cheese version made in a separate pan.
“Are you watching Game Of Thrones?” a
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