slash
n.— «In current career parlance, students would become “slashes,” a term that looks like what a person does: “She is a mathematician /artist/ dancer/writer/coach” would be an example. Adult workers are already doing this multi-role work since the livelihoods of some employees have necessarily morphed to meet the needs of companies and of individuals.» —“Applied Positive Education: Kids and Teachers for the Future” by Sherri Fisher Positive Psychology News Daily May 5, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...
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