She's totally right:
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As of today, because I am unable to excise the phrase from usage, I am officially abbreviating "in these tough economic times" to ITTET.

That's all.

Dear Internets,

For some reason, there seems to be some confusion surrounding the meaning of the word censor (v., tr; also n ( Read more... )

Thursday Usage* Note

This CBC article provides a lovely example of redundant reflexism:

The police have now agreed they will allow a person to self-identify themselves as a transsexual.
Query to the CBC and to the police: would it be possible for a person to self-identify someone else as a transsexual ( Read more... )

Apprivoiser: It's a French verb, usually translated as "to tame."

Le Petit Prince, Chapter XXI

"No," said the little prince. "I am looking for friends. What does that mean-- 'tame ( Read more... )

The first time, Bossman told missnegativity to take "Rule of thumb" out of something she had written, not because it's a cliché, but because "it comes from the rule that a man could beat his wife with a stick that was no bigger than the circumference of his thumb ( Read more... )