Dingo the Dissident
THE BLOG OF DISQUIET : Qweir Notions in the Armpit of Diogenes by DINGO the DISSIDENT binge-thinker since February 2008.
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Thus the culture of war infects our language.
It is much easier to say
I was devastated
than to say
I am heart-broken.
1 comment:
Compare also 'gob-smacked' with 'crestfallen'.
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