A new (to me) verb from an unlikely source - the noun 'offshore'.
Thinking about it, the meaning is to get something from beyond one's
borders e.g. a service or product which is unavailable or uneconomical
in the country.
It was used on a farming program on the BBC to mean "Outsourcing from overseas" or "Contracting out to Europe".
Watch out for 'offshoring' of refugees from the UK, when Reform UK comes
into power.
Le 16/05/2026 |a 11:52, occam a |-crit :
A new (to me) verb from an unlikely source - the noun 'offshore'.
Thinking about it, the meaning is to get something from beyond one's
borders e.g. a service or product which is unavailable or uneconomical
in the country.
I've heard it; I've not used it.
<https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph? content=offshoring&year_start=1900&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=false>
It was used on a farming program on the BBC to mean "Outsourcing from
overseas" or "Contracting out to Europe".
That's the idea. The farmers are overseas, and the cows they're milking
are here in the UK.
Watch out for 'offshoring' of refugees from the UK, when Reform UK comes
into power.
When their ship comes in?
On 16/05/2026 15:43, Hibou wrote:
Le 16/05/2026 |a 11:52, occam a |-crit :
A new (to me) verb from an unlikely source - the noun 'offshore'.
Thinking about it, the meaning is to get something from beyond one's
borders e.g. a service or product which is unavailable or uneconomical
in the country.
I've heard it; I've not used it.
<https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?
content=offshoring&year_start=1900&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=false>
Yes, I did that Ngram a few minutes after I posted my message. I wonder
what triggered it in 2000? The good news is that at this rate, by 2035
the term will disappear into obscurity.
A new (to me) verb from an unlikely source - the noun 'offshore'.
Thinking about it, the meaning is to get something from beyond one's
borders e.g. a service or product which is unavailable or uneconomical
in the country.
It was used on a farming program on the BBC to mean "Outsourcing from >overseas" or "Contracting out to Europe".
Watch out for 'offshoring' of refugees from the UK, when Reform UK comes
into power.
On Sat, 16 May 2026 12:52:33 +0200, occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:
A new (to me) verb from an unlikely source - the noun 'offshore'.
Thinking about it, the meaning is to get something from beyond one's
borders e.g. a service or product which is unavailable or uneconomical
in the country.
It was used on a farming program on the BBC to mean "Outsourcing from
overseas" or "Contracting out to Europe".
Watch out for 'offshoring' of refugees from the UK, when Reform UK comes
into power.
"Offshore" su[g]gests out at sea to me, like "based off".
On 17/05/2026 08:17, Steve Hayes wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 2026 12:52:33 +0200, occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:
A new (to me) verb from an unlikely source - the noun 'offshore'.
Thinking about it, the meaning is to get something from beyond one's
borders e.g. a service or product which is unavailable or uneconomical
in the country.
It was used on a farming program on the BBC to mean "Outsourcing from
overseas" or "Contracting out to Europe".
Watch out for 'offshoring' of refugees from the UK, when Reform UK comes >>> into power.
"Offshore" su[g]gests out at sea to me, like "based off".
Yes, if you are an oil rigger. However, if you use an offshore bank,
there is nothing 'at sea' about the bank.
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