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Inkwhyring wrote:Here's one-what often used expression,especially by newspeople,means absolutely nothing?........Guesses?"Back to you,Kate,and regarding the deficit,IN TERMS OF,blablabla,etc"What does that mean,in terms of?Everything is in terms,isn't it?What are words,but someones' terms,for things?And things are always ON someones' terms,but that's neither here nor there-wait a minute,that's a good one,too-where is it then,and how do we know it isn't THERE,we only know it isn't HERE.But,back to in terms of,when accompanied by the proper hand-motions,and serious expression,it seems to be a favorite of t.v. reporters/newscasters.Per se.Just kidding.
wordspeak2 wrote:I may be guilty of "awesome" occasionally, but it's so white-middle-class.
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