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."
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".
Why stop there?
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.
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
That's not an argument, that's just contradiction.
No, it isn’t.
Thank you, Webster.
I think the dictionary has the authority to just contradict misinformation about etymology.
I was told
North, East, West, South
What is happening in all directions
I believe that is a backronym.
“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.”
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)