[{"_1":2,"_31":-5,"_32":-5},"loaderData",{"_3":4},"routes/__layout/tag.$name",{"_5":6,"_7":8},"tagName","vocabulary","posts",[9],{"_10":11,"_12":13,"_14":15,"_16":17,"_18":19,"_20":21,"_22":23,"_24":25,"_26":-5,"_27":28,"_29":30},"id",1026,"title","We should definitely bring the word quidnunc into popular usage: \r\nOne who is curious to know...","excerpt","I want to bring \"quidnunc\" into common usage as slang for a busybody gossip. Also, Network Rail's excuse for their anti-freeze heaters failing was that they froze. Yes, really.","body","We should definitely bring the word quidnunc into popular usage:

\r\nOne who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows or pretends to know all that is going on; a gossip; a busybody.

\r\nIt describes basically everyone I know. I can see it now: 'Don't be such a nunc!' 'You're really nuncking today.' etc. I love the word of the day, but I'm embarrassed to admit that.\r\n\r\n

On a completely unrelated note, I don't usually harp on about the trains being bloody awful (though they are), but this excuse given by Network Rail really amazed me:

\"We've had heaters on thousands of points but snow and low temperatures have meant that some have not functioned and this has led to a number of points failures,\"

\r\nSo your excuse for the failure of heaters designed to keep the track from freezing is that they froze?
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