See Brendan S. Maher, Chili Originalism, 120 Harv. L. Rev (forthcoming)

Because original Texas-style chili was chili spices with meat (no beans). chili as a spice was used in other dishes, so “chili con carne“ was originally used to clarify the particular chili-using dish that was being prepared.

In other words ORIGINAL PUBLIC MEANING

I agree that vegetarian chili — i.e., only beans and other veggies — is a thing and can be extremely tasty. but the proper name for that is “vegetarian chili.”

with your fancy questions you musta gone to Harvard or something

the answer is that I‘m a wing LOVER, and that love is both quite real and quite formal

Of course, I do not object to nuggets. I object to people INSISTING ON CALLING BONELESS WINGS “WINGS” WHEN THEY ARE IN FACT NUGGETS.

If McCarthy were still coach, for sure that would have happened. Then in the post-game presser he’d say “that’s something we’ll have to work on” and I’d have thrown my remote at the television.

Pope was in college at Nova in the 70s. Odds extremely high he legit knows these lyrics.

A+, sir

+1000

She’s a puerile half-wit suffering from the too-common NYC-elite delusion that her squalid urges and misbehavior are somehow indicative of contrarian insight or genius. She, like so many public figures in our era, is an unserious clown and should be treated like one.