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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:00 AM

I hate buzzwords! It's not "carbon," it's "carbon dioxide"

And what about these stupid yellow ribbons everywhere? I hate that too!
By Cary Tennis

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  • Wednesday, July 18, 2007 09:49 AM

    one that bugs me

    I think the one that bugs me most is when sellers on ebay refer to unbroken things as "in tact." It's one word, people. Tact is "a sense of what is appropriate." Being "in tact" makes no kind of sense at all.

    Someone online said "walla" for "voila" the other day. Not too long ago a person referring to cannibalism referred to "soil and green."

    Many thanks to the Anonymous who pointed out that the yellow ribbon originates in a Civil War Era song. You taught me something I didn't know.

    Oh, and P.S., Cary, I love you. No ribbon on my car either.

    —Allie_ Read Allie_'s other letters

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