1. a. anorak The word originated from the Greenlandic word ‘anoraq’. It was first used in the English language in 1924 to describe the western imitations of an “anoraq” (OED Online, 2011). It is possible that the ‘q’ in the original word was replaced with ‘k’ as there is very few English words that end with ‘q’ so it was anglicised instead. Later in 1984, it also became British slang for a boring, studious or socially inept person (OED Online, 2014). According to Cresswell (2010), this is because
government of Oceana (also known as ‘The Party’), while the shortened slang used on the internet, and that has no official name, as it’s is only slang. It isn’t really a language at all, and it is normally use in conjunction with normal, everyday, words. The entire concept of Newspeak is to limit the thoughts of the people by limiting what they can say, and, in extension, what they can think. That doesn’t really work in ‘internet slang’ because it was made by the very people who use it. If a new thought
The Cultural Impact of American Television Shows and Hindi Daily Soaps on the youth in Manipal University: A Comparison Michell Mathias School of Communication, Manipal University Registration Number: 120701098 Class: BAJC 6th Semester, Section A Course Name: Media Seminar and Current Affairs Date: April 15, 2015 Abstract: Television as a medium of globalization is evolving and spreading throughout the globe. Initially, about 20 years down the lane, Indians would prefer watching Hindi daily
dynamic. Anything from a WASP family living in the suburbs whose only dissatisfaction comes from not finding the right flavor of ice cream to a dysfunctional household where no one can be trusted has been shown in sitcoms. According to the Collins English Dictionary, a sitcom or situation comedy is “a comedy series involving the same characters in various day-to-day situations which are developed as separate stories for each episode”. Are television shows meant to be a reflection of our current society