6 March, 2007

Borisism of the day

Thanks to Boris Johnson, writing in the Guardian (eh?), I've learned a new word today: euergetism.  According to Britannica (one of only 807 instances of the word in the entire Google database), it's a variety of philanthropic benefaction.

If this was anyone but Boris, I'd think he was ostentatiously showing-off, but I suspect he was just being Boris.