Pedants 'Я' Us

"If the theory we propose for the 'genetic' mechanisms of the crystals is right, then I would not be surprised if miners find more of these caves in the next few years," Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, from the University of Granada, Spain, told BBC News.

The quotes around "genetic" seem to show Auntie has forgotten "genetic" originated as the adjective from "genesis." <rolls eyes>

(The modern meaning is a back-formation from "genetics", which words was invented by William Bateson a century ago as the science of the genesis of heritable biological characteristics.)

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Being, as I am, a six foot roadrunner, I tend to go "meep! meep!" to other cyclists as I pass them. Occasionally—once every few years—someone gets the reference and laughs.

Last week I passed a cyclist and went "meep! meep!" at him. He then caught me up at the next lights, and overtook me by running the red lights, so I went "meep! meep!" again as I passed him the second time.

Five minutes later, I was shopping in Sainsbury's when someone went "meep! meep!" at me—the same guy, of course. It was a rather effete "meep! meep!", to be sure. But it did put a smile on my face, and made my day. :o)