Struisvogelpolitiek – Dutch, n. – Literally, “ostrich politics.” Acting like you don’t notice when something bad happens and continuing on regardless as you normally would. Lost in Translation, Ella Frances Sanders. Shake it off. Forgive and forget. Let bygones be bygones. Get over it. You can’t change the past. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Don’t cry over split
Sgrìob
This is the first in a series, called “Loosies.” Like buying a single cigarette out of someone else’s pack, I pluck a single word out of another language and make it unreturnably mine. Sgrìob – Gaelic, n. – Refers to the peculiar itchiness that settles on the upper lip before taking a sip of whiskey. Lost in Translation, Ella Frances