re: ham radio. My dad was an amateur-radio enthusiast, and he was eager to include me in his hobby. But as I discovered, ham radio chatter consists an awful lot of contacting other ham radio enthusiasts and talking about your ham radio gear and where your ham radio station is. (This it has in common with certain other hobbies, like audiophilia.) Also, at the time I would have had to learn Morse code, a Bildungslücke I don't really regret, though I believe this licensing requirement has since been lifted.
Can I suggest dogebag (as per douchebag, scumbag, etc) for a person who is an operative or supporter of DOGE. Not sure if Department of Government Efficiency is meaningful, my preference is Despots Obliterating Government Entities, which is definitely closer to the reality.
So proud to make it in the linkstack 😭
re: ham radio. My dad was an amateur-radio enthusiast, and he was eager to include me in his hobby. But as I discovered, ham radio chatter consists an awful lot of contacting other ham radio enthusiasts and talking about your ham radio gear and where your ham radio station is. (This it has in common with certain other hobbies, like audiophilia.) Also, at the time I would have had to learn Morse code, a Bildungslücke I don't really regret, though I believe this licensing requirement has since been lifted.
As for origins :)
https://mikepope.com/blog/DisplayBlog.aspx?permalink=2475
Can I suggest dogebag (as per douchebag, scumbag, etc) for a person who is an operative or supporter of DOGE. Not sure if Department of Government Efficiency is meaningful, my preference is Despots Obliterating Government Entities, which is definitely closer to the reality.
I wrote about “dogebag” and other new words a few weeks ago: https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/new-words-for-the-new-regime
Thanks Nancy. I have just joined and had not looked through many previous posts.
Appreciate the mention, Nancy. Happy you enjoyed the 🐝 post!
Whoa, hit the big time! :)
Interesting and edifying as always. One correction: the Randy Newman biographer is Robert Hilburn, not John.
As Cathy used to say: Ack! (Fixed now, and thanks).
We definitely need more Cathy references.