Playing a variety of sports, an assortment of animals introduces words that sound and are spelled the same but have different meanings, such as "bat," a flying mammal, and "bat," an implement for hitting a baseball.
passive listening, toxic talk, and other modern follies
Senechal, Diana
Presents the argument that the modern use of language has become lazy and counterproductive, that clich?s and "takeaways" and buzzwords have become frivolous at best and toxic at worst, and offers essays scrutinizing ideas like "social justice" and the adjective "toxic," and presents the case and plea for society to become more judicious and imaginative in its speech.