the.com/messenger
The one who lives or dies by news they didn't write.
means A person or system that carries information, messages, or parcels from one party to another.
from From the Old French 'messagier,' built on 'message' — itself from Latin 'missus,' the past participle of 'mittere,' meaning 'to send.' The intrusive 'n' (giving us 'messeNger' rather than 'messager') is a quirk of English habit, the same itch that turned 'passager' into 'passenger' and 'harbinger' from earlier 'harbergere.' At root, then, a messenger is simply 'one who has been sent.'
- ancient hazard
- Bad-news bearers were historically killed for delivering it
- persian relay
- Royal couriers covered routes faster than weather could stop
- divine job title
- Hermes and angels are basically cosmic delivery staff
- rna version
- Messenger RNA carries genetic orders to build proteins
- pigeon era
- Homing birds delivered vital messages through two world wars
facebook messenger — meta's messaging app with 931 million monthly active users as of 2023
whatsapp — meta-owned messaging service with over 100 billion messages sent daily
telegram — encrypted messaging app founded by pavel durov in 2013, 500+ million users