[New post] sense evolution of ‘rhubarb’: from theatre to nonsense

Pascal Tréguer posted: "In British English, the noun rhubarb is colloquially used to denote nonsense. For example, on Thursday 27th January 2022, The Guardian (London and Manchester, England) reported that Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, said the following " New post on word histories sense evolution of 'rhubarb': from theatre to nonsense by Pascal Tréguer UK—'rhubarb' is colloquially used to denote 'nonsense'—originated in the theatrical practice consisting for a group of actors in repeating the word 'rhubarb' to represent an indistinct background conversation or the noise of a crowd Read more of this post Pascal Tréguer | January 28, 2022 at 8:33 am | Tags: Boris Johnson, newspapers & magazines, phonetics, theatre, United Kingdom, vegetal | Categories: etymology, literature, United Kingdom & Ireland | URL: https://wp.me/p7ERDO-b6D Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from word histories. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://wordhistories.net/2022/01/28/rhubarb-theatre-nonsense/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com