theconversation.com The imminent coronation of King Charles III is an ideal time for Australia and New Zealand to take stock of the British monarchy and its role in national life – including certain myths about what becoming a republic might mean. In particular, there is a common assumption that both
The word for today is… stultify (verb): 1a: to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on b: to impair, invalidate, or make ineffective : negate 2: to cause to appear or be stupid, foolish, or absurdly illogical 3 archaic : to allege or prove to be of unsound mind and hence not
Jess Carniel Senior Lecturer in Humanities University of Southern Queensland This weekend’s coronation ceremony formally invests the monarch with their regnal powers – but King Charles III has been doing the job since he was proclaimed king in September 2022. So what does a monarch actually do? Historically, the role
The word for today is… foray (noun, verb): noun 1: a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid 2: an initial and often tentative attempt to do something in a new or different field or area of activity verb 1: to make a raid or brief
The word for today is… blizzard (noun): 1: a long severe snowstorm 2: an intensely strong cold wind filled with fine snow 3: an overwhelming rush or deluge Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The earliest recorded appearance of the word blizzard meaning “a severe snowstorm” was in the April 23, 1870
The word for today is… hiatus (noun): 1a: a break in or as if in a material object : gap b biology : a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ 2a: an interruption in time or continuity : break especially : a period when something (such as a program or activity)
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Like most folk I was shocked to read of the death of Barry Humphries given the earlier report that he was in hospital wise-cracking away after breaking his hip. I confess I never found his Dame Edna skit funny but there’s no doubt
The word for today is… tantamount (adjective): : equivalent in value, significance, or effect Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Although tantamount (from the Anglo-French phrase tant amunter, meaning “to amount to as much”) was used three different ways in the early 17th century—as a noun, verb, and adjective—the adjective
The word for today is… rectify (verb): 1: to set right : remedy 2: to purify especially by repeated or fractional distillation – eg rectified alcohol 3: to correct by removing errors : adjust 4: to make (an alternating current) unidirectional Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When you rectify something, you correct an error
The word for today is… onerous (adjective): 1: involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome 2: having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Onerous rolled into the English language during the 14th century, via Middle French, from the Latin adjective onerosus, “burdensome.” That word, in turn,
The word for today is… prerogative (noun): 1a: an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as (1): one belonging to an office or an official body (2): one belonging to a person, group, or class of individuals (3): one possessed by a nation as an attribute of sovereignty
The word for today is… cleave (verb, verb): verb 1 : to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly verb 2 1: to divide by or as if by a cutting blow : split 2: to separate into distinct parts and especially into groups having divergent views 3: to subject to
The word for today is… impromptu (adjective, noun): adjective 1: made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised 2: composed or uttered without previous preparation : extemporaneous noun 1: something that is impromptu 2: a musical composition suggesting improvisation Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Impromptu
So here we go again. University of Auckland Taxation Law Professor Craig Elliffe says we need a capital gains tax… just as the final touches are being put to the 2023 Budget. Are we being softened up? Actually, I do think we need a capital gains tax in some form,
The word for today is… anachronism (noun): 1: an error in chronology especially : a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other 2: a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place especially : one from a former age that is incongruous in the
Last week, I looked at the first instalment of Karen Harradine’s The Indoctrinators. Which, naturally, examined the Lizard King himself, George Soros. This week: the Bond Villain knockoff, Klaus Schwab. As always, the challenge with these creeps is walking the razor’s edge between conspiracy theory and conspiracy fact.
