TIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroom

https://lemmy.world/post/18614373

TIL that British judges and lawyers wear white wigs to bring formality, solemnity, and anonymity to the courtroom - Lemmy.World

Welp. Considering it does none of those three things, maybe it’s time for them to go the way of the buggy whip
Not from Britain but trying to get new slang every day what is a buggy whip.
The whip used to whip the horse(s) pulling your horse-drawn buggy.
Interesting; here in Alberta a buggy whip is a flexible (fibreglass, at least mine is) flagpole for the back of your truck.

Hmm, I’m guessing that buggy whips were more like a flexible pole rather than the stereotypical Indiana Jones whip.

So a thin flexible pole would make sense.

Like when you’d whack your little brother with a long bendy stick when you were kids.