A word with several senses depending on context.
There are people with genuine concerns and there are thugs in hoodies lobbing fireworks at the police. They're not hard to distinguish. The alarming thing is that the latter group has the upper hand, thanks to right-w…
Mine's called Dakota Fanning🤦♂️
A word with several senses depending on context. In its general sense it means the act of fanning (waving air). In UK archaic slang it meant a beating or thrashing. In the tea trade it refers to the very small fragments of tea leaf left over from processing — a low-grade tea grade. The context determines which sense is in play.
The tea merchant graded the leaves and sold the fanning separately at a lower price.
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(UK, slang, archaic) A beating.
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A very small fragment of tea leaf.
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The act by which something is fanned.
"fanning" means: The act by which something is fanned.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"fanning" means: The act by which something is fanned.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“There are people with genuine concerns and there are thugs in hoodies lobbing fireworks at the police. They're not hard to distinguish. The alarming thing is that the latter group has the upper hand, thanks to right-wing politicians fanning the flames.”
“Mine's called Dakota Fanning🤦♂️”
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