The esteemed Oxford Dictionary defines "tosh" as "nonsense." To have a name that means nonsense, or foolish nonsense as another source puts it, delights me since I am a professor. In pondering today's prompt, my mind went immediately to politics and the circus that surrounds our current election cycle. I set that aside as too divisive and then, while procrastinating (a process that included watching a Cracked video on why procrastination is a boon to creativity), I came across this factoid in a Seth Meyers' A Closer Look offering:
I am from Florida and have many friends and relatives still in Florida. I cannot wrap my mind around this and I wonder and call out to Florida connections to tell me whether there is a rationale to this or whether it is totally tosh.
Nancy, while also a British slang term, means graceful and nothing combines grace and nonsense as well as my cat, Miss Rosie:
I wanted to end this on a happier note. Have a great day and, in between political snippets and news, look at cats. It'll make you feel better. And that ain't tosh.
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