Is The Meaning of ‘Moot’ Now Moot?
A June 4, 2013, U-T article included this sentence: “Mayor Bob Filner said Monday he is moving forward with his plan to remove most cars and parking from the center of Balboa Park, calling a rival $45 million plan by Qualcomm’s Irwin Jacobs ‘moot.’” Hold your horses. Doesn’t moot possess two opposite meanings: “arguable” and […]