I had completely forgotten that "tariffied" -- "afraid of the consequences of excessive tariffs" -- was a 2024 American Dialect Society Word of the Year nominee in the Most Likely to Succeed category. (It lost to "unserious.") Thanks for the reminder, Heddwen Newton (read her newsletter!). https://americandialect.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-Word-of-the-Year-PRESS-RELEASE.pdf
As one social-media poster noted, you can't spell "tariffs" without "ffs"
I'm just here for the penguins.
As are we all.
tariffic post!
Thanks!
There are always Easter eggs in your pieces that I devour:
In Turkey, turkeys say “glu, glu.”
And xkcd—Spot on as usual 😎
I had completely forgotten that "tariffied" -- "afraid of the consequences of excessive tariffs" -- was a 2024 American Dialect Society Word of the Year nominee in the Most Likely to Succeed category. (It lost to "unserious.") Thanks for the reminder, Heddwen Newton (read her newsletter!). https://americandialect.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-Word-of-the-Year-PRESS-RELEASE.pdf