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"fact flop" -- love it :-) nmi

Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 08:43 am EST 01/15/14
In reply to: I get to flag the first Riedel fact flop today - MarkBearSF 08:25 am EST 01/15/14




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Thanks. nmi

Posted by: MarkBearSF 10:40 am EST 01/15/14
In reply to: "fact flop" -- love it :-) nmi - MockingbirdGirl 08:43 am EST 01/15/14

Thanks. I was feeling alliterative today.


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Much Better Than "Fact Fail" - Ugh!

Posted by: mamaleh 09:10 am EST 01/15/14
In reply to: "fact flop" -- love it :-) nmi - MockingbirdGirl 08:43 am EST 01/15/14

I HATE how the verb "fail" is constantly misused now as a lazy shortening of the noun "failure." Really, it's only three more letters. Are they that difficult to type? Usage rant over.


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re: Much Better Than "Fact Fail" - Ugh!

Posted by: ryhog 10:35 am EST 01/15/14
In reply to: Much Better Than "Fact Fail" - Ugh! - mamaleh 09:10 am EST 01/15/14

Not to stir up your rant, but "fail" as a noun is not that new a part of our language's evolution. ("Without fail") Linguistically, the expanded current usage is on sound footing, and is not "misused." If you eliminate laziness as a basis for the evolution of language, we'd all sound like Chaucer still.


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re: Much Better Than "Fact Fail" - Ugh!

Posted by: mamaleh 01:02 pm EST 01/15/14
In reply to: re: Much Better Than "Fact Fail" - Ugh! - ryhog 10:35 am EST 01/15/14

"Without fail" sounds fine to my ear. But its ubiquitous use as a noun today just annoys the heck out of me, what can I say?


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It's ubiquitous use as a noun *today*...?

Posted by: DistantDrumming 11:46 pm EST 01/15/14
In reply to: re: Much Better Than "Fact Fail" - Ugh! - mamaleh 01:02 pm EST 01/15/14

... don't you mean its ubiquitous use as a noun in 2010?

Just sayin... ;)


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