The office of Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., announced April 9 he had a positive test for the coronavirus after visiting the emergency room “out of an abundance of caution” the evening of April 6. […] “Congresswoman Fletcher sought professional medical treatment out of an abundance of caution. At the determination of her physician, she was … Continue reading An Abundance Of Caution
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Snowclone
ˈsnəʊkləʊn Snowclone: “A multi-use, customizable, instantly recognizable, time-worn, quoted or misquoted phrase or sentence that can be used in an entirely open array of different jokey variants by lazy journalists and writers” (Pullum, 2003) That definition undoubtedly requires explanation. Geoffrey Pullum, in my quote above, was appealing for a word to fit his definition. He … Continue reading Snowclone