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By Megan Burns

Policing women's language in work
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Why should women have to change their leadership language to fit into a male ideal?

A lot of business media and leadership experts recommend women to eliminate tentative language and qualifying phrases like…

By Victoria Stokes

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‘That’s a watery sun’ — and other things you’ll only understand if you were born in the country

There are phrases and traditions from down the country which may seem otherworldly to those not in the…

By Edaein OConnell

word of the year

EDITORIAL

The Collins Dictionary Word of the Year has Greta Thunberg written all over it

Collins English Dictionary has announced its new Word of the Year. Here we look at the winner, the…

By Grace McGettigan

EDITORIAL

Stop sabotaging your career with ‘Sorry’, ‘Can I just’ and ‘I’m not sure but’

Words are powerful, words convey meaning and words have the capacity to transform.The overuse of the word 'sorry'…

By Sinead Brady

EDITORIAL

Are women and men spoken to differently at work? Slack will soon be able to tell

Slack is one of those programmes you never knew you needed until it was there. The instant messaging…

By Erin Lindsay