The Dictionary of American Diction, No. 16

        I work in a billing office for a hospital, and one of my co-workers announced one day : “ I can't sit at my desk today, my computer is gone. I think someone stoled it.”

We never learned what happened to the allegedly stoled computer but I think she ended up being fired. ( I would like to believe it was because she was a moron but I think it was more likely because she never once worked a full 40 hour week in her brief, two-month employment at our particular hospital. )

Thanks to Dawn Frary, a funny lady in the heartland.

  Ruehlmann's tireless compiling and editing have preserved Rice's legacy that even the author would not have expected. (Ohioana Library Awards, 2004)

  Nothing keeps you cool over the summer than training camp. The Blacklist (blacktable.com), 7.26.05

  "The movie overexceeded our expectations." Rob Schneider, talking about Deuce Bigelow, Europoean Gigolo.

  "With all this work, I have my regiment down." - Adam Wade in really small talk (How to make New york girls realize they would rather be with Adam Wade, part 12.)

  Sign on the bike path at the park: "Please signal audiably when passing."

  Sign on new construction: "Condo's available now"

 


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