Linguistics Note to the World

Posted on August 2, 2008
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If you describe anything as “X on steroids”, I’m going to think you are kind of intellectually lazy. It will give me the impression you are a cliche talker on steroids.

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    One Response to “Linguistics Note to the World”

    1. Derek Coward on August 2nd, 2008 7:18 am

      Agreed. People need to update themselves. That’s why I recently described FriendFeed as “Twitter on HGH” to someone who used Twitter and not FF.

      What? Isn’t that what you meant? :)

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