There are instances when a word or an expression is borrowed from its popular usage and used for a situation that's completely unrelated to its conventional usage. And this often makes the new expression intriguing and the language richer.
Conventionally the word 'truant' is used to describe a person, often a student, who is absent without leave. We had a newspaper headline this week that screamed: Farmers still upset at monsoon playing truant last year.
Truant is our Word-this-Week.
Hope the monsoons don't play truant this year!
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