*Hey, Clicky. You’re chipper today. Wot’s up?*
*Whoa, an’ the effects of today’s new moon goes through to 2023?*
*Interesting… /makes note…*
*It does appear Covid has caused the governing class to lose its collective mind, Clicky…*
*Not exactly wot I would call comforting…*
*Enough chit-chat… /lights up and smokes… I’ve gotta start this post…*
*It’s a very ‘Green’ proposal, Clicky… /flicks ash…*
mendacity (n.)
“tendency or disposition to lie, habitual lying,” also “a falsehood, a lie,” 1640s, from French mendacité and directly from Late Latin mendacitas “falsehood, mendacity,” from Latin mendax “lying; a liar” (see mendacious).
*’E finks… /drags… ‘e’s gotta mend… /plumes smoke… a city…*
*They wouldn’t! …/coughs… Supremacists telling white lies to enact the Great Reset?*
*Oh, I see wot you mean…*
*Well, the involvement of coke-heads would explain a fuckin’ lot, Clicky… /stubs butt…*
*Heh. Go get a Song for us to finish on…*
*When you wanna Khan… /sings…*
*That… /lights up… was a very… /drags… Very, long month, Clicky… /plumes smoke… I mean, January generally does feel long, butt this last one… /flicks ash… seemed to take four fuckin’ years…*
*/nods… Good riddance…*
February (n.)
month following January, late 14c., ultimately from Latin februarius mensis “month of purification,” from februare “to purify,” from februa “purifications, expiatory rites” (plural of februum “means of purification, expiatory offerings”), which is of uncertain origin, said to be a Sabine word. De Vaan says from Proto-Italic *f(w)esro-, from a PIE word meaning “the smoking” or “the burning” (thus possibly connected with fume (n.)). The sense then could be either purification by smoke or a burnt offering.
*Wot’s that gotta do with February, Clicky? …/smokes…*
The last month of the ancient (pre-450 B.C.E.) Roman calendar, so named in reference to the Roman feast of purification, held on the ides of the month. The Old English name for it was solmonað, which is said to mean “mud month.” English first borrowed the Roman name from Old French Feverier, which yielded Middle English Feverer, Feoverel, etc. (c. 1200) before the 14c. respelling to conform to Latin.
*Ah, I see… /rubs brow… An’ adding an ‘ippo into the mix gives fire, earth and water. What about air?*
*Clicky… /drags… there are lots of winds… /streams smoke…*
*’Scuse me, butt ‘ow exactly is that any bettah?*
*Oh, March… /rolls eyes and stubs butt… ‘Mounting Hare-steria’, there’s plenny of that, Clicky…*
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