The Dictionary of American Diction No. 10

       
  • The conversation that faithful April day centered on the sexual proclivities...
  • ...of former Stern staffer Stuttering John Melendez (who has since absconded for the Tonight Show), and was punctuated by bouts of flatulence. -- By Sarah Hall, E! Online (4/9/04)Be careful of what you say, because you never know how people will interrupt it.
  • It was the "corniest joke" premises. -- Dave Chappelle
  • I learned a lot under his tutorage. -- Melba on the food network
  • I'm looking for a sperm donator -- Chelsea, on "Girls Behaving Badly"
  • We need you to airdrop a duffelbag full of jargon... -- Bam Margera
  • Donald Rumsfeld: "almost everything you asked me was premised with an assertion that was either incomplete or wrong." Quoted by Mike Allen and Mark Malseed in the Washington Post
  • "Hello, you've reached the number that you dialed..." (a regular sherlock holmes on the answering machine.)
  • Don't disrule Tim's idea just because you don't get along with him.
   

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