I discovered a new word this week: ‘louche’. Just in case you hadn’t heard of it before either, according to the online dictionary, it’s an adjective which means to, “be disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way.” What is becoming increasingly clear, though, is that justification for this type of behaviour has already started to find its way into our academic establishments where established moral norms are consistently challenged.
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