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To: Thrownatbirth

“at the end of the day”


14 posted on 05/29/2007 2:54:29 AM PDT by BubbaJunebug
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To: BubbaJunebug

“At the end of the day”

That one annoys me, but it’s a pretty descriptive aphorism.

Here are some that annoy mean because the original meaning is (mostly) lost: Mixed bag, cakewalk, decimated.


17 posted on 05/29/2007 3:06:08 AM PDT by ichabod1 ("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx." Ronald Reagan)
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To: BubbaJunebug
Ugh!

One of the most deeply ironic aspects of American English is that "the truth of the matter is" has NEVER been followed by a statement of truth.

If you hear "the truth of the matter is," prepare for a lie, usually one that is astonishingly brash and shameless.

323 posted on 05/29/2007 10:40:36 AM PDT by Petronski (Fred!)
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