On 2 Jan 2007 at 8:50, Christopher D. Green wrote: > Words to be avoided in the coming year (though, to be honest, I haven't > quite had my fill of "truthiness" yet). > http://www.lssu.edu/whats_new/articles.php?articleid=1188
Sadly missing from this list is my personal favourite, "in harm's way", as in this pronouncement from the fearless leader of the You Ess Eh: "Many volunteered after 9/11, knowing full well that their time in the military could put them in harm's way". G.W. Bush, March 19, 2006 The phrase collects 530,000 hits on Google, which compares favourably with "we're pregnant", which made the list with a mere 50,600 hits. Whatever happened to the simple phrase " in danger'? Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
