This week’s hated word arrived with the news that a government ‘think-tank’ has recommended the abolition of six-week school holidays for children.

Think-tank n.

Dictionary definition
A group or an institution organized for intensive research and solving of problems, especially in the areas of technology, social or political strategy, or armament.

Report2 definition
A group or institution with an irresistible urge to fiddle with things that aren’t broken, usually in order to justify its ridiculous existence and funding. See IPPR.