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Some Sorely Needed Additions To Our Lexicon

cautiously pessimistic: If, for example, a bad guy – like, say, a Charles Manson or a Jeffrey Dahmer – is injured but not doing that badly, doctors might say, “Well, unfortunately, he’s doing okay. So, right now, we’re just cautiousl... More »

From The New Dictionary of American Cultural Literacy

Published 24y ago - Dan Geddes

By Dan Geddes (With apologies to Ambrose Bierce, author of The Cynic’s Word Book.) Christmas Christmas Season, The Consumer Cool Credit Card Drug War, The History Internet, The Irony Like Model Product Placement Republican “Saturday Night of Justice”... More »

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Some Sorely Needed Additions To Our Lexicon

From The New Dictionary of American Cultural Literacy

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