Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by anthk 835 days ago
Spaniard here. That case was so mediatic that no one tried to sell canola oil for the consumers. And of course the controls on that skyrocketed.
1 comments
switch007 835 days ago
(I think by "mediatic" you mean high-profile / highly controversial etc)
link
anthk 834 days ago
Yes, highly controversial and the scandal it's still infamous on every media and press.

Mediatic in my language (and almost by extension it could in English by adapting Romance roots) means something widespread in media but as highly broadcasted over and over because of being scandalous/controversial.

link
switch007 834 days ago
Mediatic isn't a word in English currently (not according to the Oxford Dictionary at least). But let's make it happen ! ;)
link
anthk 834 days ago
Neither it was "liderar" and "líder" in Spanish (líder from Eng leader, and liderar is 'to lead') about just 100 years ago, and that word almost looks like has been in Spanish forever...
link
switch007 834 days ago
Non sequitur ... ? Wrong thread?

You didn't like being corrected, so you're just giving us random etymology lessons? :D

link