Four wonderful words
Aug. 20th, 2002 01:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semperfionaAll four of these were to be heard in the wild today in an editorial on NPR's "Fresh Air":
screed
meretricious
claptrap
splenetic[ally]
I love it when words like these are used on radio or TV programs. NPR is a particularly good habitat for them, but vocabulary on radio and TV, and even in many books, seems to be deterioriating lately.
Oh, and don't get me started on my rant about proofreading in books...
screed
meretricious
claptrap
splenetic[ally]
I love it when words like these are used on radio or TV programs. NPR is a particularly good habitat for them, but vocabulary on radio and TV, and even in many books, seems to be deterioriating lately.
Oh, and don't get me started on my rant about proofreading in books...
