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of-the-mill, state of the art, worldclass, a hard row to hoe. More than a hundred years have passed since anyone literally did a “land-office business” but the tired metaphor survives. When he finally found an uncontroversial nominee for attorney general, President Clinton was “in like Flynn.”
Mindless employment of pop word and phrases contributes to the erosion of language. When everything is said to be “dysfunctional,” the word gets stripped of meaning. We enter the world of HumptyDumpty, where words mean what a speaker says they mean, and neither more nor less.
Attention! Let us now deploy scouts in search of “resonance” and “resonate.” The Wall Street Journal thought Clinton’s inaugural address “resonated among his audience.” Anna Quindlen of The New York Times wrote that Zoe Baird’s story “had a certain resonance for me.” The Royal Viking cruise line said one’s experiences “resonate long after a cruise has ended.”
The works of Marcus Aurelius, says The Wall Street Journal, “find resonance with the new president.” The names of Jewish baseball players, says The New York Times, have resonance for fans. Tallyho! citations, anyone?
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