Academics like me love to describe things as “problematic.” But what do we mean? We’re not saying that the thing in question is unsolvable or even difficult. We’re saying—or implying—that it is ...
A University of Washington language guide is calling everyday words used by Americans “problematic.” The University of Washington Information Technology department released an “inclusive language ...
Do you sense something problematic about the word “problematic”? The way it’s used has changed a great deal in recent years, so much that it can now seem a little shifty. The journey that brought us ...