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.
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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