A neologism is a newly coined word or expression and Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS shares some of the latest ingenious ones.
Clive Williams
Clive Williams is a Canberra columnist.
"As another financial year begins, the national conversation should move beyond the assumption that bigger is always better." CLIVE WILLIAMS says the question is not how to make the economy bigger, but how to make Australians better off.
"Michelangelo seemed to recoil from worldly comforts. He ate simple meals, slept in his clothes, and lived with almost ascetic disregard for cleanliness." CLIVE WILLIAMS shares some surprising habits of a towering genius of the Renaissance.
For marathon swimmers, the Strait of Hormuz represents one of open-water sea swimming’s most unusual challenges, writes CLIVE WILLIAMS.
"Through melody and rhyme, America's songwriters have turned defeats into moral victories, soldiers into martyrs, and complex conflicts into simple tales," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
"When you sift through the sporting world, only two widely recognised disciplines stand out as requiring competitors to move backwards for the entire race: rowing and backstroke swimming," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
"Australia’s cocaine trade illustrates how strong domestic demand, exceptionally high prices and globalised criminal supply chains can sustain a resilient illicit market," writes CLIVE WILLIAMS.
"A quatrain is a stanza or verse in poetry that has four lines. It often follows a rhyming formula of 'couplets', 'alternating rhymes' and 'enclosed rhymes'," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
"Perfume isn’t only about how others perceive you – it’s also about how you feel. A fragrance can alter mood, confidence and self-perception almost instantly," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
"Humans have always turned to opposites to make sense of their world. From the earliest myths to modern thought, we have relied on contrasts: good and bad, yes and no, light and dark, life and death," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
The decision to centre the National Defence Strategy on nuclear submarines looks less like prudent hedging and more like a high-cost gamble, says Prof CLIVE WILLIAMS.
CLIVE WILLIAMS outlines what Australia must learn from Ukraine about drone technology and the future of warfare.
