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As a parent to several adult children, one of my last official acts before sending each one out into the world has always been to give them a sort of “job description” for being an adult. With our last fledgling quickly approaching that milestone, this will be my last such talk, so I thought I’d take a moment to share my simple rubric.
The Whitehouse is jubilant today, hailing President Donald J. Trump as an unprecedented genius. After firing former NASA Chief Bert McMurdle and installing himself in the dual roles of lead administrator and chief scientist, the multi-talented Trump effected sweeping changes to the entire roster of programs under management by the agency. The first to reach completion, Project Artemis was concluded successfully today, and came in at an estimated total cost of only 12.5%, as compared to the budget originally approved by McMurdle.
Your grandmother and grandfather are your grandparents. Your son and daughter are your children. Your brother and sister are your siblings. But when it comes to uncles and aunts, English gives us no genderless term that includes both.
The closest we’ve got, is an ugly, hatchet-faced word, made by collapsing “parent’s sibling” into… (Wait for it…)
“Pibling.”
Quite frankly, “pibling” sucks. But I’ve got an idea…