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.”
It stands for “never eat waffles (soggy)”.
Just like TIPS is not an acronym of To Ensure Prompt Service.
TEPS
This is what happens when I don’t proofread but fuck it I’m leaving it as is
Hah well it’d be incorrect if it were insure so maybe you were right after all
I was told
North, East, West, South
What is happening in all directions
Welp, that was 19 years down he drain.
I believe that is a backronym.
In French it’s literally “nines” wtf is their problem.
Just kidding. It’s nouvelles. But “neuf” means both “new” and “nine.”
ok… I actually never made the connection between neuf and neuf x)
and saying “a nine” is pronounced the same as “an egg” (un neuf/un œuf)
Just in case anyone was wondering: it’s because it’s about new events
What about sports?
They usually cover weather too i think.
Oh yeah smart guy? Why is it pronounced NUDES then? Huh ?
SEND NEWS
i can’t lie, those news are FETT
… butter up my noods already, would ya?
It’s getting steamy in this kitchen, oh my…
(lolololol)
could i maybe double-fork your noods? that would be soo hot
… yes… but… be gentle…
(ok dear god this has to stop NO ERP ON MAIN)
No Underwear Dickpick Expecting Sex
Ah yes, my favorite pastime, dickpicking.
I uhhhh… Don’t think it is buddy…
It’s all about what’s new so we should really call it SNEW.
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”.
does this make a history book “the olds”?
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
Why stop there?
new(adj.)
Middle English neue, from Old English neowe, niowe, earlier niwe “made or established for the first time, fresh, recently made or grown; novel, unheard-of, different from the old; untried, inexperienced, unused,” from Proto-Germanic *neuja-(source also of Old Saxon niuwi, Old Frisian nie, Middle Dutch nieuwe, Dutch nieuw, Old High German niuwl, German neu, Danish and Swedish ny, Gothic niujis “new”).
proto-germanic is fascinating. it’s a whole “conceptual language” made entirely out of assumptions, and i love it.
i assume you’re aware of RobWords on youtube? he also does another show called Words Unraveled. if you’re a word nerd like me, i’m sure you’d love boþ.
edit: #HARDCORE Þ
Thanks. I’ll check.
I like the simplicity and brevity of their response
When you know every word there is it’s easy to find just the right one.
That’s not an argument, that’s just contradiction.
I think the dictionary has the authority to just contradict misinformation about etymology.
It depends which one. Only the Oxford English Dictionary does. Websters is full of spelling mistakes :)
No, it isn’t.
Thank you, Webster.
“I just saw this somewhere, so I’m going to tweet about how I just discovered it myself. And yes, I think that’s a cool thing to do.”
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