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The husband just came across what may be the best misappropriation of language ever, ever: from Victor Davis Hanson’s Ripples of Battle:
“The Okinawa landings may have been the most most ambitious amphibian assault in the history of warfare.”
I know this is technically an okay use of the word, but I still find myself wondering how the attack on Okinawa compared to the story told in Across the Andes by Frog.
There is nothing even remotely wrong with this use of the word. The only problem is your perceived definition.
posted by haribo on 11-22-2006 at 8:54 am