For those of you who know me well, this is a piece from seven years ago which I have to re-use on a very bizzy day.
The study of word origins, or etymology, is often fascinating. Words come to our language from many different places and many different needs. The most interesting words, however, often have very obvious origins but mysteriously deep cultural meanings. One such “super-cliché” is the word “Rockstar”.
Barataria - The work of Erik Hare 