The Dictionary of American Diction, No. 22

     

    There is just all kinds of things people could do," he said. (Jason Rupp, product manager for Yahoo's e-mail services. (Reuters Sep 30, 2006)

   Resume blunder: Perform feasibility studies of proposals, considerating costs and benefits.

    THE OFFICE IS CLOSED DUE TO INCRIMENT WEATHER TODAY.

    How many vitalities were there in that traffic accident?

    Candidates on your public portal can now paginate through a result set from the job profile page.

    KFC Drive-thru:
        "Did you say mashed potatoes or macaroni and cheese?"
        "Macaroni and cheese."
        "Oh, my bad. I mis-overheard you."

    That's not kosherly right.

    You are asked to attend an agreed upon number of meetings with HR vendors that you may have an interest in their products and services. HR.com

    Just weeks before Wade died, the teen was honored at the White House by then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, now Edwards' chief rival for the Democratic nomination, for an essay he wrote about going into the ballot box with his father as a young boy.  Nedra Pickler, AP (How did they both fit?)

    I'm not a component of it, but the coach said he shouldn't play the rest of the season.  Overheard in the office



 


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