My exhortation, at the end of this week’s Radio Derb, to “keep your pecker up” has been widely misunderstood. I apologize. This is a Britishism. It means: Keep an optimistic attitude and mien–shoulders back, head up, nose (that’s the pecker) in the air. I hope that is clear.

About the Author
Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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