ostentatious avoidance

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Sep 10, 2004, at 10:48 AM, Peter A. McGraw wrote:

> "Ostentatious avoidance"?

yeah, not actually using taboo vocabulary while unambiguously
communicating your intent.

> Actually I think the poor fellow simply
> misspoke.  What he MEANT to say was, "I want to offend everyone."

"I am an equal opportunity offender."

> P.S. And just in case: :)

i'm not a smiley person, but thanks for the notification of intent.

arnold