Recently

Whenever you see a story that says something happened “recently” it means the reporter missed the event when it happened. Here’s an example, in The Boston Globe, Jan. 9, 2017, about a zoning law change covering the South Boston neighborhood: “…City Hall recently adopted a major change that even hidebound residents might embrace: new zoning regulations that will affect virtually the entire neighborhood, from the yuppies on A Street to the senior citizens in City Point.”

Lucky for the Globe that South Boston residents don’t know the dictionary definition of “hidebound”: “Unduly adhering to one’s one opinions or prejudices; narrow-minded.”