Does slacktivism annoy you?
In fact, you may be so upset it leaves you really needing a vape.
If so, may I suggest you seek out your bae as they will no doubt provide a comforting shoulder on which to cry.
Here in Coming Up Corner we have fairly thick skin so if you are now staring at your screen in an incredulous manner and bellowing: “What on earth are you on about your blithering, blithering idiot?” I won’t be at all offended. Not a bit of it.
I will simply crave your patience for a moment further as I explain everything.
Slacktivism, vape and bae are all new words.
That’s not my opinion, that’s the opinion of boffins at Oxford Dictionaries. And I would tend to suggest when it comes to word smithery, they are the masters.
Find out what these crazy terms mean (unless you know already, of course) in Wednesday’s even more wordy than usual Courier.
Michael Buble has won a whole clutch of Grammys.
He has repeatedly peaked at number one in the charts.
But could he drive a Dundee taxi?
Jimmy Smart can. And he is a jolly good singer too.
In Wednesday’s Courier we have more much more on the crooning cabbie.
We even join him for a ride around the streets of the City of Discovery. And I don’t think I am giving too much away by saying his serenading truly is top class.
If you were a journalist in America in the early 20th Century, you may not imagine that your top priority would be to make your way to Kelty in Fife so you could work undercover as miner.
Amazing stuff.
We reveal astonishing details of the life and somewhat untimely death of a quite remarkable young man who did just that (ie went to Kelty etc etc).
Tuesday night, as you may very well be aware, featured a footie match. Scotland v England no less.
Our man Craig Smith was at Celtic Park and brings you all the news as 22 men rushed about trying to kick a ball between two sticks (and below a third stick balanced atop the other two).
Meanwhile, sports editor Eric Nicolson opines as to whether or not it should become an annual fixture (like in fitba’s good old days).
Miss it, miss out. That’s the message ahead of the publication of Scotland’s best EVER newspaper (not official. Yet). Please do be sure to snap up your copy. Failing that, why not try our digital edition?