Walter Shapiro

@MrWalterShapiro ↗

Deleted No

Hibernated No

Last Checked Jan. 31, 2022

Created

Wed Dec 29 18:09:43 +0000 2021

Likes

Retweets

Source

Twitter Web App

View Raw Data

JSON Data

View on Twitter

Likely Available

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@Profepps @MichaelMcGough3 We seem to be referring to the same newspaper column from 1954. You went to the OED and I went to a newspaper data base to get the same result. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 29, 2021

Preceded By

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@MichaelMcGough3 We have an answer. It wasn't too common in the 1950s, but it was denounced as an example of creeping "governmentese" in this 1954 language column: https://t.co/X4N0rwcSq0 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 29, 2021

Followed By

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@MichaelMcGough3 I didn't know the context. Lucille Ball saying it in the 1950s. Nah. Robert McNamara saying it at a board meeting in Detroit. Yeah. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 29, 2021