The Curmudgeon

YOU'LL COME FOR THE CURSES. YOU'LL STAY FOR THE MUDGEONRY.

Wednesday, August 02, 2023

Bad Etymology

Employ, v.t. from em- into and ploy a feint or stratagem: to perform the corporate act of taking in.

Railway, n. from rail to rant, complain or criticise, and -way abbreviation of away; hence an unworthy mode of transport reviled to the point of justified extinction for its undermining of the sacred automobile.

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