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You know its bad when the dictionary comes to argue. (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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BTW, check merriam-webster's bluesky. Its really good.

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A tweet saying "It took me 19 years to figure out NEWS stands for "notable events, weather and sports" 🤔". It has a reply from Merriam-Webster saying "No."

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

come on, y'all. it clearly stands for North, East, West, South!

i love folk etymology.

"News" is actually the "new things". The plural of "new".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

does this make a history book "the olds"?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

if you want to coin that term, i'll support it

edit - but until now, the "olds" has always been the name we gave my grandpa's old eight-eight