This edition of the List Show, hosted by John Green, contains twenty-seven words that have changed meaning over time. It’s interesting to see how in some cases the form of the word still shows the link to other words which have to do with the original meaning, and how what seems like a weird word. …
I was out walking this morning and heard a radio report about the SpaceX Satellite explosion being described as an ‘anomaly’. Apart from a talent for understatement, the spokesperson has given me a new favourite word to describe any disastrous outcome. It’s an ‘anomaly’. Read one report here.
The word ‘furphy’ is Australian slang for a tall tale, a story told as true but which is not. Like most slang, precise origins can be hard to define, and I’d never encountered this story about Furphy brand water tanks before today. Surely it’s not a furphy. That would be ironic, wouldn’t it? Photos are …
My daughter sent me this because it reminded her of me.
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