Comment on How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset
Zip2@feddit.uk 3 days agoNo one is sure where the term “rookie” comes from. Its first noted usage was in 1892 by Rudyard Kipling, referring to recruits in the British Army.
GLC@feddit.uk 3 days ago
And “Rookie Mistake”? Is that Kipling too?
Zip2@feddit.uk 3 days ago
No idea, I was too busy tiktoking his cake recipes with my fellow kids.
GLC@feddit.uk 3 days ago
You’re finally talking sense.