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Words for removal from the English language...
... as no longer having any meaning in common usage.
1) exclusive (as in, 'this exclusive offer' -- which we have shoved through your letterbox and that of everyone else in the neighbourhood)
2) prestigious ('the prestigious award'; if you have to *tell* people it's prestigious...)
3) confidential (no, dear bank/credit card company, my statement is not 'private and confidential', it is merely private)
Thanks, I feel better now.
1) exclusive (as in, 'this exclusive offer' -- which we have shoved through your letterbox and that of everyone else in the neighbourhood)
2) prestigious ('the prestigious award'; if you have to *tell* people it's prestigious...)
3) confidential (no, dear bank/credit card company, my statement is not 'private and confidential', it is merely private)
Thanks, I feel better now.