As language is a living thing, a mirror of current but ever-changing social mores, we have added two new definitions to Brown’s Political Dictionary. They are as follows:
- Tokenism: the practice of prominent businessmen taking part in the annual CEO SleepOut, where they pretend to be concerned at the plight of the homeless, bed down for a night (if in Melbourne, in the perilous badlands of the Melbourne University underground car park) with a designer sleeping bag and swag covered with virtue, ensure that the charade lasts only one night, avoid contact with any homeless person who might wander by, give...
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