A NEW WORD SOON MAY LAND IN OUR LEXICON JOINING THAT REMOTE, DISTANT, UNFRIENDLY WORD ‘ALOOF.’ WHAT WOULD YOU THINK OF SOMEONE WHO’S ‘AROOF?’
Those who are aloof usually aren’t very warm and friendly fellows. They’re reserved and emotionally cold and detached persons who keep to themselves, drink espresso and read philosophy. In Middle English, aloof was originally a nautical term; the loof (now spelled luff) is the windward side of a ship. Sly sailors wanting to avoid a hazard on the leeward side would give … More A NEW WORD SOON MAY LAND IN OUR LEXICON JOINING THAT REMOTE, DISTANT, UNFRIENDLY WORD ‘ALOOF.’ WHAT WOULD YOU THINK OF SOMEONE WHO’S ‘AROOF?’