The Economist's Johnson column had a new year article on how new words in 2019 reflect the rise of climate-change activism. Here are a few of my favourites:
– Germany – Heisszeit, “Heat Age”
– The Netherlands – laadpaalklever, “charging-post sticker” (someone who uses the electric-car charging space for too long)
– Sweden – flygskam, “flight-shame” (those who fly thoughtlessly or needlessly)
- Sweden – tagskryt, “train-boasting” (those who smugly know that they can't be accused of flygskam)
– Italy – gretini, "mindless followers of Ms Thunberg"
– The UK – "existential" . Enough said ...
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