‘A Scandal at the Center of the Economy’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/11/10/scandal-at-the-center-of-the-economy
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‘A Scandal at the Center of the Economy’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/11/10/scandal-at-the-center-of-the-economy
@daringfireball It’s interesting how the word “nonplussed” (meaning stopped by surprise) is so commonly used to mean its opposite (unfazed) that the incorrect meaning has become seemingly accepted, rendering the word useless. It’s like “hoi polloi” in this way: so many people use it to mean the opposite of its true meaning it’s hard to know what people even intend to say.