Day: December 5, 2020

The original ‘Scat Pack’ cars were named after scat’s also original slang meaning: to leave quickly. This was common in fifties and sixties movies: someone yelling scat at someone else, or a cat, to induce the other to leave. So the scat pack cars were there to leave quickly, ie go fast, which is pretty much what sports cars do.

I think that meaning is almost entirely gone, but the name remains. Meh. Linguistic evolution.

I think splitting infinitives is better than avoiding it.

…aim simply to shrink…

No good

…aim to simply shrink…

Better

The latter is more readable. Longer verbs may require general rules, but the short form is easier to read.

To Boldly Go!