Are you a low-key annoying parent? Aren’t we all? The phrase “low-key” expresses a lackluster feeling that’s analogous to “sort of." Depending on where you look, low-key can be spelled as one word, ...

I will render it that way because it’s really one word — is a symptom of English filling out, like an inflatable bed. “Lowkey” crept into the mainstream in the early 2020s, but I sense it as ...