The Word Nerd: Stolen meanings are inevitable even in ‘pure’ mathematics
Let’s look at some “precise” mathematical terms.
Let’s look at some “precise” mathematical terms.
It was sometime around March 26, 1967, that I indulged in cannabis for the first time, and it has been over 50 years since my last joint.
Discussions about this word’s origin inevitably entails someone becoming apoplectic that woman ends in “man.” (I mean, how controlling do men have to be?)
Some writers have shown a hyperbolic penchant, if not outright chauvinism, in their advocacy of the English language.
No, Donald Trump, it isn’t fake news: the origin of Canadian Thanksgiving predates this.