Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Word Origins 165. The
word origin today is hypocrite. Okay. Let's take a look at the board here.
If somebody wants a screenshot now. All right. All right. Let's get right into
it. If someone calls another person a hypocrite, he or she
is saying that person professes or preaches moral principles
and behavior, but in fact in their personal
life their behavior proves that they are insincere. So
they're not honest. They're not true. They're telling you, you should not do this thing,
but they themself are usually caught doing it. So we know that they do it even
though they're telling you not to do it. All right. Let's continue.
They often do things or behave in ways in which they are suggesting if you do
it, you are bad. You are careless.
You are irresponsible, but they have been caught doing the same exact
thing. So this is the perfect way that we think
somebody could be a hypocrite. All right. Let's continue.
The origin of this word comes from the Greek word
hypocrites. In Greece, this word meant an actor or stage performer.
In ancient Greece, the actors wore masks and spoke from beneath them. So they
actually had the mask on and then they just spoke from under
the mask. Over time the word took on the meaning
of a person who wore a mask. Maybe not literally a
mask, but like you know, that's not really who
they really are and was pretending to be someone or
something he or she was not. So I don't know. Does
that sound like politicians today . Im not sure.
All right. Let's continue. It is similar to the proverb
do as I say not as I do. Yeah. That's one that I just recently covered too.
and and even though that one is actually used more in kind of a
funny way. If you do that , it could have
a little bit of the appearance of being a hypocrite.
All right. Let's, let's continue here. We only actually have a couple of
examples because I know hypocrite most of you probably already do know this
word. Here's the first one. Recently there was
a news story that made the speaker of the house, Nancy
Pelosi look like a hypocrite. Yeah.
Basically what happened here is in her district she still has a lockdown
on a lot of businesses and especially hair salons
to get their hair done. But she actually called and made an appointment
with a hair salon that's supposed to be closed. One that she used to go to before,
but she's not allowing them to work. But just for her
she went in there and she got her hair done and she didn't even wear
a mask. You know, like where she's telling everybody you must, you must wear a mask
you must do this. But she did the total opposite and that
was on the news for a number of days. But of course, if you do this it makes you
look like a hypocrite. You say one thing. So basically and a lot of the news
networks were actually using that phrase that you know, Nancy Pelosi is you
know doing a do as I say not as I do. They were actually saying
that. All right. Let's continue. Then there was also another story only a
few days later. A second new story that the private gym
for the congressman, you know, for the politicians was still
open. So they could still go and they could do all their workouts.
So they could work out yet many forced gyms in their own states
to stay closed and a lot of these gyms might go out of business. People could be
losing jobs. But you know, they kept their own gym
open. So that they could work out in order to
prevent the spread of the coronavirus. So you know, they can't my joke was
is this a very smart... is this a very smart virus ? They,
they only they know. congressman don't get...
won't give it to him. You know, that's what they're saying. Basically.
Either way it made them all appear a little bit like
hypocrites. Let's continue. And then here's just a normal example of
hypocrite. You cannot do that. You are always preaching to people
not to behave that way. If they find out you
behave the same way, it will hurt your reputation
and make you appear like a hypocrite. Okay. Anyway. I hope you got it. I hope it was
clear. I hope it is food for thought. Thank you for
your time. Bye-bye.