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The Systematic Buzz Phrase Projector sounds like just what you're after.
Developed by Phillip Broughton and appearing first in the May 6, 1968 issue
of Newsweek, the SBPP is a handy way to make up powerful puffs of fluff for
inclusion in "Official style" documents.
It consists of 3 numbered colums of words. Each word in each column has a
number, a 1, 2, or 3. Users of the SBPP simply think of a three digit
number, (like 2-4-6) and locate the appropriate words in the columns to
form the buzz phrase.
2-4-6 yields "systematized digital time-phase"
1-3-9 yields "total reciprocal contingency"
I first read of the SBPP in Richard Lanham's book - Revising Prose - a real
gem. I highly recommend it.
Send me your 3-digit numbers and I'll supply the buzz phrases they yield.
thanx,
Chris Daunhauer
cdaunhauer -at- lsijax -dot- com
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