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03Jan

Bush Prefers “Enemy”

DateTuesday, January 3, 2006 at 09:32AM

robbertini.jpgQuote:  "PERSON OF INTEREST – Found within the context of legal commentary, but seldom encountered at cocktail parties."   Lake Superior State University 2006 List of Banished Words.

Figure of Speech:  litotes, the figure of ironic understatement.

For 31 years the school chooses the most annoying, useless and over-used phrases. Its PR guy came up with the idea, which should tell you something.  He said he did it with "tongue firmly in cheek," a phrase that eminently deserves banishment.

Nonetheless, the school's litotes, "seldom encountered at cocktail parties," works.  We are not unamused.

Snappy Answer:  "My friends call me 'Perp.'"

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How do you pronounce litotes?
January 3, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterAnna
Lie TOE tees. Sorry about the oversight.
Figaro
January 4, 2006 | Registered CommenterFigaro

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