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"lunacy" Middle English: from Old French lunatique, from late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna ‘moon’ (from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermit
by beardyw 2y ago
"lunacy"
Middle English: from Old French lunatique, from late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna ‘moon’ (from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity).
- abe94 2y agoI'd hope the writer or editor used lunacy for this reason haha
- codetrotter 2y agoThey did. And now the title on HN has been edited down to remove this most exquisite pun :'(
- perihelions 2y agoThe editor flew too close to the sun and got their title clipped :(