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Sunday, December 17, 2023

Bad Etymology

Bully, n. from Middle High German buole close relative: a favoured and much-used instrument of social acclimatisation.

Populism, n. from Old French popée a puppet and piauler to chirp, whence pule to whine: thus a political technique characterised by manipulation and noisy self-pity.

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