Language And Expressions Pillows

"I'm pretty sure it's a jaybird."

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

"Bert, I'm confused. What happens after we circle the wagons, tighten our belts and walk a mile in our customer's shoes? Is that when the chickens come home to roost?"

"In the first place, it isn't "maddening crowd.' It's 'madding crowd.' "

Solicitor speaks legal jargon and has a translator who tells client: 'You haven't a hope!'

Campaign for Plain English

Thru versus Through Traffic

"Whenever he shows up everything turns to crap!"

'I can't force jocose if I'm not feeling it.'

"Abstract Expressionism is definitely right for me at this stage of my career."

"You'll love this. It's swarthy yet munificent, didactic and gregarious with hints of dogma."

"The good news is that we do have a little wiggle room."

Assault 'n' Vinegar

A Copy Editor and His Dog

Punctuation Police

Backfire

"Damn - another letter to the editor."

What's normal?

"No, I really thought each sentence ended with an emoji!"

'The Questioner'

"If Google Translate is correct, they want our women and our cattle."

Lesser known greek gods,

"No, ma'am. I'm not sure what the difference is between being creative or just plain weird."

'I've been called some mean things as a baby boomer, but 'Pig in the Python' really hurts.'

T. S. Eliot Meets Beavis And Butthead

'The World will speak hip-hop tomorrow.'

"He's sworn never to say Boudicca, ShrOwsbury, whoM, or narrative."

'Just follow these simple instructions.'

'No, I'm the marriage counselor. What you need is the semantics counselor down the hall.'

"Nuts to you, too."

"Ahhh....I think that was a flying fuck."

"Sorry I'm late. I overslept." "Is that even a real word?"