Suspicion, Italian Style
http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2017/12/11/suspicion-italian-style/ [www.chronicle.com]
2017-12-13 00:54
The New York Times reports on the currency of a new Italian term, dietrologia. From the Italian dietro, meaning “behind,” the word points to a longstanding Italian predilection not to believe what one is being shown or told. There’s always something behind it, another door to another room where another truth is being concealed (and very possibly yet another door).
New job title: dietrologist.