Binette@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agoJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downmessage-squaremessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down156
arrow-up1342arrow-down1message-squareJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downBinette@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·5 months agoWait until you learn the news is new.
minus-squareBinette@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoIn French, it’s also the same origin (nouvelles = news; nouvelle/nouveau = new)
minus-squareAnarchistcowboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoDamnit someone just last week told me it was an acronym for notable events weather and sports but this makes more sense
minus-squareCoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 months agoA good rule of thumb is that any word etymology that is an acronym is probably false if the word is more than 100 years old.
Wait until you learn the news is new.
In French, it’s also the same origin (nouvelles = news; nouvelle/nouveau = new)
Damnit someone just last week told me it was an acronym for notable events weather and sports but this makes more sense
A good rule of thumb is that any word etymology that is an acronym is probably false if the word is more than 100 years old.