a) Reprise of material posted on May 2 in previous years ...
2020: savoir-faire, French loanwords (poem)
2021: birdlore, eaglets (illustrated poem)
2022: trees, ponytail palm, (illustrated poem)
2023: commercial product, e-bucket (poem)
2021: birdlore, eaglets (illustrated poem)
2022: trees, ponytail palm, (illustrated poem)
2023: commercial product, e-bucket (poem)
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b) Today's Offering (May 2, 2024):
Authors' Note: The author disavows overly blunt speech and writing, but finds the tendency to embellish disconcerting. Efficacious seems to be used disproportionately when effective or efficient would do nicely. Other words with inflated frequency of usage include symptomatology, methodology and, yes, even usage.
You can review our editorially selected doggerel (eight verses) relating to 'Objectionable Adjectives' by clicking HERE.
bonus: Olympic sports
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