What's in a name? Well, quite a bit if your name is Karen (or Jack, John, Jeff, Dolly, Biddy, Meg ...)
- Written by Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-NDThings are really jeffed up for Karens right now. The Miley (“coronavirus”) did a Melba (“made yet another a comeback”), and Joe and Jane Bloggs are being drongos.
In the process, “Karen” has become the Bradman of ways for calling out selfish entitlement, racism and...





