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The “X word[”] / Although the conference extensively referred to the nation’s need for “social cohesion” among migrants and South Africans, the word “xenophobia” was almost never uttered during the two-day affair.

Before one uses the X-word to describe people with less-liberal views on immigration, one should recall its meaning – an extreme or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.

Bitter NY Times Throws Around X-Word (Xenophobia), Threat of Violence to Insult Pro-Brexit

In the past fortnight, following a fresh outbreak of xenophobic violence in Durban, President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the “violence against foreign nationals in South Africa”, without mentioning the x-word.

I hope they use my classic thread of REAL xenophobia OUTSIDE of the USA, since the X-word is thrown around like bread at pigeons.

After Dieter got up from solving his Stern-Xword puzzle―I was hanging over his shoulders ... in order to fill some ... spaces in the crossword puzzle[.]

So while this week's column may be a bit tedious, it may also lay the basis for a vital part of x-word preparation (prep).

To change a statement into a question that can be answered “yes” or “no,” one must place an X-word (one of twenty-three auxiliaries or modals) at the beginning of the sentence.

The only five x-words that offer any choice of verb form are am, is, are, was and were, and this very limited choice represents the important difference between active and passive voice, for example is eating versus is eaten.

Past time X-words are did, had, was, were; […]