The trouble with Tucker Carlson

The trouble with Tucker Carlson

The word “actual” entered the English language in the early 14th century before the suffix “-ly” was added a hundred or so years later. Back then, “actually” meant “real and existing” as opposed to “in possibility”. But recently it has taken on a second meaning: to highlight unexpectedness or to contrast with expectation. There is no greater purveyor of “actually” and its new meaning than Tucker Carlson. Tune into any one of his podcasts, interv…