The word for today is… collude (verb): : to work together secretly especially in order to do something illegal or dishonest Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Our English “lude” words (allude, collude, delude, elude, and prelude) are based on the Latin verb ludere, meaning “to play.” Collude dates back to 1525 and
The word for today is… lucid (adjective): 1 : very clear and easy to understand 2 : able to think clearly Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : It’s easy enough to shed some light on the origins of lucid: it derives—via the Latin adjective lucidus, meaning “shining”—from the Latin verb lucere,
The word for today is… vignette (noun): 1a : a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper b : the pictorial part of a postage stamp design as distinguished from the frame and lettering 2a : a short descriptive literary sketch b : a brief incident
The word for today is… precarious (adjective): characterized by uncertainty, insecurity, or instability that threatens with danger. Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : “This little happiness is so very precarious, that it wholly depends on the will of others”. Joseph Addison, in a 1711 issue of Spectator magazine, couldn’t have described
The Productivity Commission says pre-pandemic rates of immigration are “unsustainable” with migration outstripping the ability of public infrastructure to cope with it, adding to “burdens for the wider community”. It wants a law change to require governments to “explicitly consider how well New Zealand can support and settle more people”
The word for today is… exonerate (verb): 1 : to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship 2 : to clear from accusation or blame Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Exonerate derives via Middle English from the past participle of the Latin verb exonerare, meaning “to unburden,” formed by combining the prefix ex-
Jon Hersey fee.org Jon Hersey is managing editor of The Objective Standard, fellow and instructor at Objective Standard Institute, and Hazlitt fellow at Foundation for Economic Education. Author’s note: This article is republished with permission from The Objective Standard. I’ve omitted characters’ names and other information in
Whatever else, Australian media personality “Dr Karl” Kruszelnicki is no slacker. Besides graduating as a physicist in the late 60s, Dr Karl also worked as a taxi driver, mechanic and roadie. He commenced his medical degree in his early 30s. When friends commented that he would be in his 40s
The word for today is… tumbrel (noun): 1 : a farm tipcart 2 : a vehicle carrying condemned persons (such as political prisoners during the French Revolution) to a place of execution Source : Online Etymology Dictionary Etymology : mid-15c., “two-wheeled cart for hauling dung, stones, etc.,” earlier an instrument of punishment of uncertain
Andrew M. McClellan San Diego State University Andrew M. McClellan’s research and teaching interests range widely across ancient and modern literature with a particular focus on the topic of violence (physical, rhetorical, metapoetic) in the arts and in the public sphere. He has published articles and book chapters on
Tom O’Connor MNZM, JP. SEPARATISM This is the fourth of a series of articles on inter-ethnic relationships in New Zealand in the early 21st century and the development of an informal duality of citizenship, the acceptance of that duality by community leaders and the long-term potential for dis-harmony. An
It’s hard to talk about the contemporary left and paedophilia without sounding like a QAnon nutbar. But it’s even harder to ignore the Pedobear in the room. It’s surely just a coincidence that a convicted paedophile was one of the BLM rioters in Kenosha? Except that it
The word for today is… cute (adjective, noun): adjective 1a : clever or shrewd often in an underhanded manner b : impertinent, smart-alecky 2 : attractive or pretty especially in a childish, youthful, or delicate way 3 : obviously straining for effect noun : the quality or state of being cute or cutesy Source : Merriam
Alfred Moore University of York Alfred Moore works on political theory, and has published widely on deliberative democratic theory, the politics of expertise, epistemic democracy, and is currently working on anonymity and publicity in democratic politics. The ability to remain anonymous when commenting online is a double-edged sword. It is
Information Opinion David ‘Tainted‘ Fisher, hack journalist for ‘A Newspaper‘ and all around (allegedly) duplicitous scumbag, has been paid (presumably) to write a piece for his employer where he waxes lyrical about the probability (he wishes?) that there will be a domestic terrorist attack in our fair land some time
The word for today is… recalcitrant (adjective): : obstinately defiant of authority or restraint 2a : difficult to manage or operate b : not responsive to treatment c : resistant Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Long before any human was dubbed “recalcitrant” in English (that first occurred, as best we know, in one of William
