The Morning: Your favorite things of 2022

The best German phrase Lauren Oster in New York City learned via Duolingo this year was “Und für meinen Anwalt eine Apfelschorle” (“And for my lawyer, a sparkling apple juice”). The best phrase Kelly Nichols of Highland Park, Ill., learned (in English) was “weaponized incompetence.”

NYT 24.12.2022