So, he’s gonna be going after the Sacklers and the American Medical Association?

I’m happy about the result, but worried about the inevitable tantrum (and associated repercussions) we will soon be treated to, courtesy of the “highest office in the land.”

Gort! Klaatu barada toto!

You are very right. As usual.

He earned that, but the Star Wars rebellion insignia tie? Really? Really?

(Veteran’s Day, the 11th)

The military parade is now set for November. How is this America (, or am I all “O tempora, o mores”)?

Cable ISP? As noted elsewhere, We don’t get this option on the island. Otherwise, as noted elsewhere, of course there are other ISPs as AT&T, Verizon, T Mobile, etc., all offer internet by phone/pad. Everybody happy?

Fish men vote?

It’s not his word, mate. No one owns language. Giving him editing powers over one’s speech serves no one well.

(Late, but perhaps relevant: Aquidneck was called Rhode Island before reverting back to [an English approximation of] its indigenous name. Newport, settled 1639, became the 4th largest city in British North America. The island gave its name to the colony, later the state, and its importance is made clearer in the…

(I live on the island. We sure as fuck call it the island. We ‘pack a lunch to cross the bridges’. And FiOS is not cable internet, per my OP.)

(Verizon home cable internet? It’s not available on the island... But to your point, all the phone/pad companies have internet access, obvs. I’d thought Cox had the exclusive state contract for home cable, somehow.)

It’s worth noting the only cable internet provider in state (i.e., the ISP most everyone uses,) is called Cox. Commence jokes.

I like you. Let’s be friends.

Most commercial dictionaries are run by non-academics these days, though academics are consulted by most all. There exist “usage panels” for some. OED is the reference of record for etymologies, first-use citations, etc., etc. There are also law dictionaries, medical dictionaries, etc., as well as translating…

Ahhh, no worries. Words are fun to play with (but truth matters).

Sorry, but Daniel Webster was the politician. Noah Webster was the lexicographer. The rest of the story sounds pretty apocryphal, I’m afraid.

File to: Dis gon’ be good

More or less. Lexicographers look for citations in print to gauge meaning, first use and ‘staying power,’ amongst other considerations. Kory Stamper [lexicographer, and associate editor of the M-W Dictionary] wrote a book last year called Word for Word: the Secret Life of Dictionaries, which does a great job of…