Refuseniks?

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d000hg replied

16 March 2021, 09:33
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

The wonderful evoluton of language. Is it acceptable to use that word in a newer context? Who knows!

You wouldn't expect the BBC to be using a word in a manner not in the dictionary in a news story.
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AtW replied

16 March 2021, 08:58
Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

The wonderful evoluton of language. Is it acceptable to use that word in a newer context? Who knows!

Refusing to use it would be in the spirit of the word
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ladymuck replied

16 March 2021, 08:50
The wonderful evoluton of language. Is it acceptable to use that word in a newer context? Who knows!
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Mordac replied

16 March 2021, 01:14
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

Comes up in the Oxford dictionary.

It refers to Soviet Jews who were prevented from travelling/emigrating from the USSR to Israel, c.1970's/80's.
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ladymuck replied

15 March 2021, 17:55
Originally posted by BR14 View Post

I thought they were russian binmen/women/whatevers
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BR14 replied

15 March 2021, 17:23
I thought they were russian binmen/women/whatevers
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d000hg replied

15 March 2021, 17:18
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

Comes up in the Oxford dictionary.

But not with a definition that matches the context. And strong informal Jewish links (which I never knew about)
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SueEllen replied

15 March 2021, 15:52
Comes up in the Oxford dictionary.
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d000hg started a topic Refuseniks?

15 March 2021, 15:50
Refuseniks?

Saw this on the BB News live page (can't figure how to get a link)

Originally posted by BBC

According to the Associated Press News Agency and the Marshall Project - a non-profit news organisation which reports on the US criminal justice system - the figure of refuseniks hovers around 50%. They asked correctional officers, doctors working inside prisons and public health officials for their reasons - and the answers they got ranged from fear of side effects to conspiracy theories.

Is this a normal word, because I would have read it as a pejorative term.
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