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(...) Ack, that bugs me too! Another pet peeve of mine is when people use the word "dilemma" to mean any old problem. Maggie C. P.S. To Richard M.-- after having looked it up in three separate dictionaries I grudgingly admit you were right about the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Don't you just hate it when he's right about stuff??? Hmph. :-) ++Lar (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think this is a good time to illustrate another abused idiom: showstopper: "Brad Justus held up pictures of the Metroliner and Club Car - it was a showstopper." (there were actually quite a few showstoppers at Brickfest, not all of them (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yikes, that IS unfortunate! Here's one: "factoid"-- I have the same problem with the popular (2nd def'n.) use of this word (y'all who've used it this way here know who you are!) as is mentioned in the usage note at dictionary.com: (URL) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) 1st meaning. They should switch the two, to better describe common usage. I have a vague memory of a book called _Factoids_ and a line of desktop page-a-day calendars and such that listed all kinds of obscure trivia, from the late 80's. But (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) *sigh* I think you're right. It's like the transformation of the word inflammable into flammable, I suppose (although it has always bugged me that people would find nothing strange about having a word they thought means "non-combustible" (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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