That is the reason I read the news online and in the newspaper every day. There is much to keep up with.
Today's headline holds the expression "word salad" - it means a confused, incoherent mixture of random words and phrases that lack meaningful connection. It was an accusation headline - someone knowingly committing word salad talk.
The most recent accusations are pointed to American politicians. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are the two most quoted. In the U.K. Boris Johnson was known for producing "complete word salad." The British are very sensitive to political nonsense-speak and accuse Keir Starmer of the same. Emmanuel Macron is known for long, philosophical, and complex sentence structures that are described as word salad - avoiding clear positioning during crises. Mostly, though, European leaders are accused or evasiveness.
The expression originated from German or French psychiatrists in the late 19th century who were describing incoherent, nonsensical speech associated with schizophrenia, dementia or brain injury. It was a technical psychiatric term.
Today it is used to describe what is considered intentionally vague, incoherent, or nonsensical speech - and generally applies to politicians or public figures.
And why not have a word salad daily puzzle? What makes it ironic is that it says it will keep your brain sharp and focused.
Or we could go for some word salad jokes each day - I guess maybe not every day when you look at this one - a Garfield Joke:
"Why do they call it oven, when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food?"
And the explanation below the joke: Explain Bear: Listen here, you bottom-tier thinker. This is a classic word-salad meme. It puns "oven" with "of in" and then descends into pure gibberish. You're probably still trying to find the verb in this sentence, but your brain is currently buffering. It's supposed to make no sense.
So what would a word salad picture look like? I came upon this - one of my grunge pictures. The shapes are known and familiar, and the placement has a nice elegance to it. But then all around this order is a mess of scratches, peeling paint, and decay. I think if we placed some letters/words in the circle, this would make an excellet word salad picture. I'll get to work with a good quote.
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