AdvertisementOpinion'We're Broke': Empty Bank Accounts, Empty Meaning?March 24, 2011Geoff NunbergfacebookEmailIf It Ain't Broke ... The word "broke" comes from an old use of the word break, meaning "impoverished," says linguist Geoff Nunberg. "It suggests an abiding association between destitution and destruction." (iStockphoto.com)
