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New words – 30 January 2012

granny tax noun informal a proposed tax on pensioners designed to help to pay for care of the elderly

Pensioners were told yesterday they could be hit with a ‘granny tax’ to fund their long term care.
[Daily Mirror (UK tabloid) 05 July 2011]

greycation noun a holiday in which several generations of a family, including elderly members, holiday together

Other markets to think about are couples who holiday as a group and extended families or ‘greycations’ where three generations of a family stay together.
[www.holidayhomeinformation.co.uk 01 Aug 2011]

LGBTQ abbreviation lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer

The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center has recorded a special It Gets Better video aimed at LGBTQ Native American Youth to communicate to them that there is life after bullying and that they are valuable beyond measure.
[www.care2.com 02 Aug 2011]

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