Every year, some of the most renowned dictionary publishers, such as Collins, Merriam-Webster, and Oxford University Press, acknowledge the ever-evolving nature of English language by selecting some trending words that are being used by speakers. Often, these words already exist but new social meaning is attributed to them in a variety of contexts, and in many cases the public are given the chance to vote and decide on their favourite words.
A: Are you getting a home on metaverse?
B: Only if it really becomes popular!
A: Você vai comprar uma casa no metaverso?
B: Só se ficar popular de verdade!
#IStandWithUkraine
#SomosTodosUcrania
I was so tired last weekend that couldn’t do anything! I had go full goblin mode!
Eu estava tão cansado no fim de semana passado que não consegui fazer nada! Tive que entrar no modo goblin.
It seems our school’s always in permacrisis! What can we do about it?
Parece que a nossa escola está sempre em crise! O que a gente pode fazer sobre isso
A: So, it seems the next Olympic games are going to be in Dubai!
B: Really? Why?!
A: I think they are trying to sportswash the country after what they did to that journalist, the one they sent to jail and never appeared again.
A: Parece que as próximas Olimpíadas vão ser em Dubai!
B: Sério? Por que?!
A: Eu acho que estão tentando ‘sportswash’ e melhorar a imagem do país depois do que fizeram com aquele jornalista, o que foi enviado para a prisão e nunca mais apareceu.
President Trump says the lawsuits against him have no legal basis and are a clear example of lawfare.
O Presidente Trump alega que os processos contra ele não têm qualquer base legal e são um exemplo claro de ‘lawfare’.
A: Who’d guess we would now be living in the Carolean Age.
B: That’s crazy. I always thought we would have Queen Elizabeth around.
A: Quem diria que a gente ia estar vivendo na Era Carolínea.
B: Que maluco, né? Eu sempre achei que a gente teria a rainha Elizabeth por perto.
You know, he was gaslighting me so much I thought I was getting crazy!
Ele estava gaslighting me tanto que eu achei que estava ficando maluca!
The few oligarchs in Europe have accumulated more wealth than the rest of the world combined.
Os poucos oligarcas europeus acumularam mais riquezas que todo o resto do mundo junto.
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