By Dr. Lee M. Miringoff Ever wonder why a landslide election result might be referred to as “no contest” but you’d never hear “nolo contendere” used to describe a sporting event when one team runs up a lopsided score? The answer is simple. Political terminology doesn’t export well outside the Beltway crowd. In contrast, a […]
10/7: Offensive Language
October 7, 2009
Initially, I was going to write about all the annoying phrases polled about in the recent Marist survey. I was going to discuss why they irritate me (or why they don’t — Caroline Kennedy would have been happy to see I that have no problem with compulsive use of the phrase, “you know”). But, then […]