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Pakistani Teenager Rohana Khattak Invents New English Word ‘Oblivionaire’

A 16-year-old girl from the Pakistani capital won the New York Times’ Invent a World contest by suggesting a noun for some leaders in the globalized economy. Rohana Khattak invented “forgetting,” meaning a billionaire is blind to the inequality and inequality his wealth creates. The new English global is a mixture of “oblivious” and “billionaire”.…

A 16-year-old girl from the Pakistani capital won the New York Times’ Invent a World contest by suggesting a noun for some leaders in the globalized economy.

Rohana Khattak invented “forgetting,” meaning a billionaire is blind to the inequality and inequality his wealth creates.

The new English global is a mixture of “oblivious” and “billionaire”.

Rohana has additionally given an instance to explain how oblivion may utilize in a sentence: “Gen Z’s furor over the so-called oblivionaires who forget about worldwide crises is blowing up on social media, in a marketing campaign being observed with the aid of many worldwide and political figures.”

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