Graffiti artist Banksy unmasked ... as a former public schoolboy from middle-class suburbia. He is perhaps the most famous, or infamous, artist alive. To some a genius, to others a vandal. Always controversial, he inspires admiration and provokes outrage in equal measure.
A canard is an aircraft design which places the large main wing behind the smaller horizontal stabilizer. This results in a triangular shape of the aircraft, similar to a duck in flight, which is where the term canard originated (the word canard is french for duck).
What Is a Canard? A canard is storyâusually a damaging storyâthatâs false, but purports to be true. It can be a rumor, a hoax, or an out-and-out lie. If I reported that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders had met in the New Hampshire woods at midnight and danced around in tutus casting spells that jinxed their opponents, that would be a canard.