Oops! Students won't be learning about the universe's darkest mysteries in Texas

Top headline:  Texas Values, November 2023

Illustration:  Christian Publishing House Blog (available in black velvet?)

Bottom headline:  New York Times, 6/19/2025

Katrina Miller reports for the Times:

From that survey, astronomers hope to learn about the birth of our Milky Way galaxy, the mysterious matter comprising much of the cosmos, and how the universe evolved into its current arrangement. Perhaps they will even uncover clues about its fate.

According to Merriam -Webster, the first known use of 'oops', as an interjection used typically to express mild apology, surprise, or dismay, occurred in 1911.

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. ahistorical
2. bang-bang
3. boozehound
4. comic strip
5. illusionism
6. misappraisal
7. pie in the sky
8. Sagittarian

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