Enriching The Language

Julian Sanchez has a proposal for a new word: Fleischer.

• Fleischer (n.) -- 1. A lie no one believes, but was told for the sake of courtesy

Count me in as one who believes that the introduction of a word that that kind of lie is long overdue. In fact, as Julian suggests, we may need a new vocabulary of the categories of lying much as the Eskimoes maintain a super-complex vocabulary of snow.

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Apropos of nothing, it seems that Johan Ugander is back to blogging. Check him out.