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Can bad language punditry be stopped? Can false attributions for classic quotes be fixed?

Posted Wednesday July 30, 2008, 11:18 pm, Over one day old

There?s a laxness?an insufficient intellectual rigor?where it comes to language commentary, even by some of our media colleagues who should know better. In word origins in particular, my colleagues are debunking old stories by the page-fulls, so you can?t just keep quoting the same few books.

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There?s one in every country

Posted Wednesday July 30, 2008, 11:18 pm, Over one day old

The things everyone has, needs, or sees.| | | | | |There are also words for concepts and things that are less universal, but still widespread.| | | | | |For example, in New York City there is something called a dollar van, which I?ve mentioned here before.

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banjee

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burking

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ideologically inbred

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BUI

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banging the close

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wobble

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start and park

Posted Wednesday July 30, 2008, 11:18 pm, Over one day old

start and park | | n. Lewandoski did exactly what the team he was driving for, Fitz Motorsports, asked him to do: Start the race and bring the car in after a few laps. In NASCAR parlance it’s called a start and park.

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doughnut

Posted Wednesday July 30, 2008, 11:18 pm, Over one day old

Bill Gates always drew the biggest clusters, or “doughnuts” as the?Softies call them. Categories: English, Slang —More information about doughnut and related words at Double-Tongued Dictionary.

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