Dog whistle and whistle blowing, both phrases contain whistle, which is easy to confuse when using them. Today we will thoroughly understand these two near-type phrases.
Let’s first look at the dictionary definition of dog whistle:
Collins: relating to the targeting of potentially controversial messages to specific voters while avoiding offending those voters with whom the message will not be popular.
Dog whistle is a word with Z It is a term related to politics, which refers to the covert ways in which Westerners talk about certain controversial topics to please specific groups. Because the expression is relatively secretive, only a specific audience can understand the meaning implicit in the words and be excited about it, while "non-audience groups" will know nothing about it.
dog—The word whistle comes from Australian English. The dog whistle is a high-frequency whistle used by local shepherds when calling their shepherd dogs. Its sound is inaudible to humans, only shepherd dogs can hear it. After Australians first introduced the word into political terminology, it was adopted throughout the English-speaking world.
As a former election opponent, Hillary once said "Donald Trump's says amounts to "a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters".
Let's take a look at the explanation of whistle blowing:
Collins: Whistle-blowing is the act of telling the authorities or the public that the organization you are working for is doing something immoral or illegal.
Whistle blowing refers to "internal personnel reporting illegal/immoral behavior within the unit to the official". This phrase focuses on "internal personnel reporting" "Illegal activities that occurred within this unit". The "whistleblower" is a Whistle blower. Some time ago, foreign media reported that Google insiders reported Google's illegal activities, and the title used was "I'm the Google whistleblower. The medical data of millions of Americans is at risk".
In addition, to "report something" you can use "blow the whistle on sb/sth". For example: A former employee blew the whistle on corrupt practices within the company.
Still want to remind you again For a moment, whistle-blowing is only used when "internal personnel report internal affairs of the unit".
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