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Empowering out, enabling in

Article Abstract:

The usage of the word 'enable' has some connotations which can be taken as negative. This in part happened due to the word being used in Alcoholics Anonymous booklets and various writings giving a sense of being an accomplice to bad behaviour. Usage of the word 'geek' is also noted.

Author: Safire, William
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1998
Usage, Column, Language and languages, Word (Linguistics), Words

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Engaged!!

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Issues relating to getting engaged are discussed. The various emotional stages of engagement, including elation, panic and rejection, are considered, and advice on arrangement an engagement party and choosing an engagement ring is presented.

Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Mademoiselle
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0024-9394
Year: 2001
Engagement, Betrothal, Marriage customs and rites, Marriage customs

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The father figure

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The self-image of women is influenced by the kind of father that they have. Among these are the endorsing father, adoring father, narcissistic father and distant father.

Author: Hillman, Carolynn
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Self
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0149-0699
Year: 1996
Evaluation, Self-perception, Fathers and daughters, Father-daughter relations, Self perception

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