We're supposed to learn from our own mistakes that other people's errors can be instructive

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of the Segway boss. History is a treasure trove, mishaps and meltdowns that can teach us

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We look forward to this every single year counting down the days and now it's finally here. What?

What? Mariam Webster just announced their new word of the year.

You know I love dictionary news. We love words. We love it so much we all forget about it.

Yeah. I mean, there's just been so many good ones over the years. Like last year's word was vaccine.

Oh yeah, that was just a lie. Remember back in 2007, it was woot.

Oh, brok still bust that one out from time to time. I'm sure that was 2007. It feels way more recent.

2007 and maybe my all-time fave from 1948.

Humdinger. Oh. As in Gats-Zooks, brok, that oyster hamburger recipe is a real humdinger.

That was way ahead of its time. But Mariam Webster has decided the word of the year for 2022 is

What is it eat? Gaslighting. Oh, I've never done a lot this year.

And not like the old gas powered street lamps that you see back in the day.

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