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From exposing exposé to pulling apart portmanteau, this Language Matters article uncovers French-looking English words with a murky relationship to modern French.

Some years become shorthand for an event, era or mood. Let’s look at some of the most symbolically potent years in the English-speaking world.

This instalment of Language Matters flips through linguistic features of modern brand messaging, from social media snark to eyebrow-raising grammar.