Why Those 25 Things About You Aren't "Random"
This is one that has been festering for some time, so please forgive the Phrase Freak if he goes “off the Bale” a bit. Like many changes to the English language, the meaning of this word has become...
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This is a phrase you hear more and more, particularly in the broadcast media, but the print world is guilty of it as well. For example, I Googled the phrase in a news search yesterday, and got 850...
View ArticleThe Phrase Freak: Moving Forward
This piece of hackery is most often heard in business settings, but I’m afraid it has even crept into the hallowed halls of academe, where one is as likely to hear Latin freakery such as sui generis....
View ArticleThose Pernicious Business Clichés
Tolbert Whistlebaum had a deep and abiding love for the English language, which is why he took a doctorate at Oxfjord University, concentrating on Naughty Victorian Literature. His scholarship was...
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