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Judge removes Griffin from office for engaging in the January 6 insurrection - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (www.citizensforethics.org)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nice starting my weekend with some uplifting news.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was good news - on September 6, 2022 when the article was written.

[+] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, the first three letters of news is new - it’s not new, so it’s not really news. I’m happy it happened, but it doesn’t belong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's a coincidence. The word "news" is made from the initials of North, East, West, and South.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

https://www.etymonline.com/word/news

late 14c., "new things," plural of new (n.) "new thing" (see new (adj.)); after French nouvelles, which was used in Bible translations to render Medieval Latin nova (neuter plural) "news," literally "new things."

The odd and doubtful construction probably accounts for the absurd folk-etymology (attested by 1640 but originally, and in 18c. usually, in jest-books) that claims it to be an abbreviation of north east south west, as though "information from all quarters of the compass."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, the N, E, W, S construction absolutely sounds like a bacronym.

To me, it was always a short form of newspaper, which was a distributed paper with the latest events. So I was probably not far off, just not as old as the actual etymology (I'm guessing "news" was a thing far before paper was a thing in the west).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This was good news, but it's old AF at this point...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Whoops, my bad, I tend to forget to look for a date on articles as most of my news sources are reliable for up to date news, that is assuming they even bother to date the article

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Well, that's one...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

He’s definitely got some crazy eyes