Why, oh why do people use language like this:
A spokesperson would only confirm that six jobs “were impacted.”
I pulled it from a story I found over at the CBC website. What happened to plain speak? I’m sorry, the jobs were not impacted! This useless verbiage is nonsense. Check the definition from Oxford dictionary:
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Why, oh why…
March 8th, 2010 · No Comments
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They deserve one another
January 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Sarah Palin has left politics and become a journalist. I know, I know… I’m laughing so hard I hurt. Sarah Palin the journalist really doesn’t trip off the tongue does it. Something like Fox News. Oh wait… it gets better… she’s working for that paragon of balanced reporting Fox News. Priceless, isn’t it. She wrote [...]
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More caffiene driven ramblings
October 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
You know… the picture I posted yesterday? The one of Vampirella on the Beach? It scares the sh*t out of me. Every time I logged on today and it popped up, I jumped. Holy Crap Batman, what were they thinking to create such a truly horrible picture? And who were they kidding – sex on [...]
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Revisionist idiocy now nuclear flavoured
August 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Did you know there are people who doubt the existence of nuclear bombs? Revisionists believe Hiroshima and Nagasaki never happened, films of nuclear explosions are doctored, and there has never been any nuclear weapons …. hmmm but they don’t say anything about nuclear power plants. A few even go so far as to doubt atoms [...]
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