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When words go wild

Barbara
Fountain
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Uplift, it’s not what you think [Image: Issaurinkoon on iStock]

Language torture and the sharemarket are to blame for ‘uplift’ infiltrating the vernacular, writes Barbara Fountain

I am not at risk of repeating myself: I am repeating myself. To recap: I spent an uplifting, albeit short, break in the South Island high country,