New words for old things

[MerryMarigold]

I've just been looking at swimwear and spotted the 'monokini' on quite a few sites, which is .... wait for it....a swimsuit.

I mean... why? Is it supposed to sound more glamorous?

Any other new, irritating words to describe something which has had a perfectly good name for a long time?

Wild camping is camping not on a site. Usually combined with big hiking so you carry everything on your back and camp along the way.

As opposed to camping on a campsite with facilities and your car etc.

I thought and appliance garage was a specially designed cupboard which had plug sockets and whatnot in, so rather than just being where you keep the toaster etc, you open it up and use the appliances still inside.

Still a silly name though.

You’re othering them, that’s why!

When did your abdomen become your "core"? I have a fairly slightly pathological aversion to the word "core".

Yes, it doesn't really make sense but 'arse' is a multi purpose word. There's also 'arsey' (annoyed/ moody).

It was definitely 'can't be arsed' in the 90s and I've only heard this 'asked' thing in the last few years.

I do have plug sockets in mine. Even USB charging integrated into the plugs for charging phones and tablets. It’s still a cupboard though, the garage is firmly outside at the end of the driveway!

Just back from M&S and saw a sign about "shwop" to reuse items. Ffs had to come here and complain

It isn't. It's your spine, hips, pelvis, and other muscles. It just happens to be in the same central area. Further down though really.

Going for food, instead of eating dinner!

Then say spine, hips, pelvis. Apples have cores. I'm not an apple. Talk about the body parts one means using words that mean something in human anatomy. Since abdomen isn't included, unless it is, who knows.

Ok thanks for the explanation. Where I'm from that's just called...camping.

It depends on where you live. In a country as big as ours, a vacation in the same country is still a vacation. If I was going to Hawaii, it would take me 11 hours by plane including a change of planes and would be almost 5000 miles each way. And when I get there it looks completely different from where I live. But it’s still the same country. That’s further than many Europeans travel for an overseas vacation. No one here in Florida going to Hawaii or Montana or Arizona would call it a staycation. A staycation here is taking time off work and doing things like going to museums, historical sights, a hike in the nearby woods, going to the beach, eating at restaurants instead of cooking. So doing the things you do on vacation, but in your own city.

Date Night = going out with your bf or dh for something to eat

My teenage DS "unhouses" when he goes out. Just for laughs of course

In some areas, e.g. the Hadrian's Wall path, people can camp in organised campsites, but wild camping is explicitly banned to protect the environment and the archaeology.

Dupe - copy, fake or knockoff..... Dupe means deceive or trick.

Usually used when someone doesn't want to buy the actual product (perfume, clothing, shoes, bag etc) but wants a copy at a much cheaper price.

This 👆 I had an aunt and uncle who lived somewhere with this arrangement and it was always reckoned something modern and special that it was a ‘townhouse’.

No, plant-based means a diet that is plant-centred, plant-heavy, as opposed to a traditional Western diet which is heavily swayed towards meat and junk/ultra high processed food and low on fruit, vegetables, and wholegrains. The Mediterranean diet is a plant-based diet, for example, and is neither vegetarian (though it can be) or vegan.

The right plant-based diet for you - Harvard Health

Slidedeck (it makes me cringe).

No. I eat plant based food most of the time. A lot of food that says ‘plant based’ on it is highly processed junk food.

For example:

Oh, well. A plant based diet is not vegan, it is not vegetarian, and despite marketing efforts it is not based on processed foods from supermarkets.

I guess you can't google or read linked articles.

And it seems that you can’t look at the packaging of two products, out of countless, that have ‘plant based’ written on them which are highly processed food and go against the article you posted.

Plant-based diet - Wikipedia
Plant-based diets - British Nutrition Foundation

And so on. It does not refer to packaged foods. Or Vegans,

Well it’s used on lots of processed foods whether you agree with that or not. And I’d say most companies, supermarkets, cafes, restaurants and people use it to mean food that is made using plants. But I can’t get worked up about it and moreover I don’t really care that much.

A product being marketed because it contains plant ingredients where it might normally contain meat is simply a product, being marketed and sold - it is not a diet.

Your original statement was that a plant-based diet was not vegetarian, it was vegan. It is neither. It is also not some random product.