What exactly is ‘gaslighting’? Therapist shares her guide to the buzz dating term – and the toxic signs and red flags that signal it’s happening to YOU Counsellor Lesley McPherson said gaslighting is a form of ’emotional abuse’ Through ‘power and manipulation’ the victim is lead to question their own reality This control can be … Read more
Why you shouldn’t tell your future boss you are ‘dedicated’ or a ‘team player’: Expert reveals five words and phrases you should NEVER use in an interview Seek has revealed what job candidates should never say during an interview Words to avoid include ‘we’, ‘obviously’ and ‘workaholic’ as well as buzzwords Generic terms such as ‘challenge’ … Read more
Google has launched a new smartphone app for people with speech and motor impairments that lets them use their eyes to select phrases on the screen. The new app, called Look to Speak, tracks the user’s eye movement to narrow down the desired phrase from a list, which is then spoken aloud by an automated … Read more
How to make hand sanitiser and cook your own KFC: Google’s top searches of 2020 are revealed… and the list is dominated by coronavirus-related phrases Google’s list of ‘big hitter’ search terms for 2020 is dominated by coronavirus Millions of questions were lodged around making face masks and hand sanitiser Searches for ‘KFC recipe’ and … Read more
REVEALED: The seven things you should NEVER say to people who are grieving – and the phrases to use that show your support Kali Alfaro says there are seven things you should never say to someone grieving Telling someone you ‘know you they feel’ is unhelpful, Perth psychologist claims So is encouraging them to ‘be strong’ … Read more
There are no more foreigners in Berlin! City council issues staff with dikat saying foreigners should be referred to as ‘inhabitants without German citizenship’ and ‘illegal immigrants’ are now ‘undocumented migrants’ Politically correct city government creates booklet for workers on words to avoid Foreigners and asylum seekers among many every day phrases targeted The PC … Read more
There are no more foreigners in Berlin! City council issues staff with dikat saying foreigners should be referred to as ‘inhabitants without German citizenship’ and ‘illegal immigrants’ are now ‘undocumented migrants’ Politically correct city government creates booklet for workers on words to avoid Foreigners and asylum seekers among many every day phrases targeted The PC … Read more
‘Nitty gritty’ on Sky Sports’ banned list of words due to supposed links to slavery as broadcaster orders commentators to avoid using language which may offend viewers in emails containing list of prohibited phrases Sky Sports will warn reporters not to use words which may offend viewers Staff members will be sent message containing list … Read more
From ‘ultra-violent lights’ to ‘Farmer John cheese’: Embarrassed adults admit the words and phrases they’ve been saying WRONG their entire lives People revealed words they’ve misunderstood all their lives in a thread on Reddit One man believed ‘touché’ was just another way of saying ‘hello’ An Australian woman pronounced ‘lingerie’ as ‘linger-y’ until she turned … Read more