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Johannes Patruus

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May 22, 2012, 9:19:49 AM5/22/12
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Suddenly the media are awash with forms of the non-OED verb "to chillax" -
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chillax

Hannan's blogpost is distinguished by a couple of quips from the Gipper-
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100159369/

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Ed Cryer

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May 22, 2012, 11:11:03 AM5/22/12
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I'll find it hard to use that; too close to "poleaxe", "battle-axe" and
"banjax".
There's currently a mania in the media for "potentially", but they use
it very pleonastically, such "it might possibly turn out potentially
that ...". And then they even say things like "it could be
potentially....".
Not for me.

Ed

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