Headline from the often rant-worthy Telegraph Newspaper online, 12 August 2020:
The Moment Kamala Harris Turned On Joe Biden
Hm...
...that doesn't seem a terribly good reason for choosing someone to be Vice-President, to be honest. But I suppose it's good they're friendly.
Still, it puts the mate in running-mate, doesn't it.
Word To Use Today: mate. This word came into English in the 1300s from then Middle Low German. It's related to the Old English gemetta, table guest, from mete, meat.
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