Today’s “Word of the Day” is blowback and it is a noun meaning “unexpected (bad & harmful) outcomes; negative consequences/results/reactions of an action or decision (particularly, of a political action)”.
Example Sentence: In invoking her simplicity, Sudha Murty inadvertently set off a social media storm… Essentially, this blowback comes from the fact that simplicity is no longer a value that is cherished. There has been a generational shift and there is nothing aspirational about simplicity any more.
This word is present in In the era of unicorns, there are few takers for Sudha Murty’s brand of simplicity and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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