The Idea of Progress » Words http://www.theideaofprogress.com We are what we pretend to be Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:59:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Words that must be retired. http://www.theideaofprogress.com/2009/04/30/words-that-must-be-retired/ http://www.theideaofprogress.com/2009/04/30/words-that-must-be-retired/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:34:50 +0000 The Idea of Progress http://www.theideaofprogress.com/?p=810 joe-bidenGaffe.

Everytime they mention Joe Biden, they talk about his “verbal gaffes.”

Gaffe?

Who talks like that?  Prior to the election, I rarely heard that word.  Now, every goddamn mention of Biden uses it.

Find a new word, newspeople.  Seriously.  You have a thesaurus.

The end.

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