For a very brief moment the words \u2018snap election\u2019 seemed to take over from \u2018fake news\u2019 as the most common phrase across all media last week. It didn\u2019t last long though, and with so many other words, phrases and terms vying for top position in the weeks coming up to the election on June 8, it\u2019ll be up to the bookies to come up with a favourite. \u2018Health care\u2019 will be popular. \u2018British people\u2019 should be too and no doubt \u2018strong leadership\u2019 will get a fair airing also. Words like \u2018economy\u2019, \u2018polls\u2019 and \u2018debate\u2019 will soon feel very overused and \u2018expert opinion\u2019 will form the basis of comments in news reports from Washington to Agrabah. But what will the non-voting and the newly voting youth like to hear as politicians try to battle with news delivered through social media? A bit of Googling brings up a huge range of vocabulary that was popular last year. \u2018Sharenting\u2019\u2014the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one\u2019s children, was popular. As was \u2018FOMO\u2019\u2014fear of missing out, and its much healthier opposite, \u2018JOMO\u2019\u2014joy of missing out, which was described as the pleasure gained from enjoying one\u2019s current activities without worrying that other people are having more fun. Then there was \u2018adulting\u2019\u2014the practice of behaving in a way characteristic of a responsible adult, especially the accomplishment of mundane but necessary tasks\u2014like voting perhaps? So this year the month of May is destined be punctuated with sound bites, memes, clever political headlines and words all designed to get attention, whilst many of us will strain to hear or read the words that politicians actually aren\u2019t saying. Long before the announcement of the June election one witty blogger suggested a few words and phrases that might be popular in 2017. \u2018Fascism\u2019 and \u2018Trumpism\u2019 were two and \u2018Phews\u2019, which is a more trendy way of saying \u2018fake news\u2019 by throwing in a \u2018ph\u2019, was another. But one phrase that really stood out was \u2018Post-politics\u2019, which was described as \u2018getting on with one\u2019s life while ignoring politicians as much as possible\u2019. It will be interesting to see if, on the back of the turmoil created by last year\u2019s UK vote, the turnout for this election will be at the level predicted and whether there will be any clarity on what people are actually voting for. The one certainty is that by the end of it all we are likely to be \u2018knackerpooped\u2019.<\/p>\n
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