Today’s “Word of the Day” is red herring and it is a noun meaning “misleading or distracting clue/information/argument; something that misleads or distracts from a main topic/subject/issue; bluff, trick, deception, smokescreen”.
Example Sentence: The health of our workplaces and communities requires us not to be distracted by red herring explanations but to keep calling for a post-Covid-19 future that puts these foundations firmly in place at last.
This word is present in The Guardian article Priti Patel is wrong, modern slavery in Leicester is built on her government’s failures and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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