[Ads-l] "tender-age shelter" is the 2018 American Dialect Society word of the year.

Ben Zimmer bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jan 5 02:09:12 UTC 2019


In its 29th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society
voted for tender-age shelter (also tender-age facility or tender-age camp)
as the Word of the Year for 2018. The term, which has been used in a
euphemistic fashion for the government-run detention centers that have
housed the children of asylum seekers at the U.S./Mexico border, was
selected as best representing the public discourse and preoccupations of
the past year.

Read the full press release, including all winners, candidates, and vote
tallies for all candidates:

https://www.americandialect.org/tender-age-shelter-is-2018-american-dialect-society-word-of-the-year

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