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Subject:Re: Word of the Year winners From:Arthur Comings <atc -at- CORTE-MADERA -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 7 Mar 1995 14:57:30 PST
> The latest issue of Copy Editor: The National Newsletter for Professional
> Copy Editors, has a column giving the winners of the annual Word of the Year
> contest.
>. . .
Interesting, but labeling runner-ups "losers" is an unfortunate choice
of words. It sounds like you don't like 'em at all, which doesn't seem
accurate from the context. Also, you've been misinformed about
Spamming, which I'm sure others will tell you.
