Just a Tad, a Small Kid to a Small Thing
A Way with Words [Unofficial]
June 22, 2026
While watching a broadcast about the Artemis moon launch, Josh from Jacksonville, Florida, noted that amid all the precise language, scientists describing precise orbital adjustments used the word tad, as in just a tad, which seemed like the opposite of precise. The word tad was American slang for a small child in the mid-19th century, […]
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