now: avoidance of "novel"

[Laurence Urdang]

I trust that you are not suggesting that it was plagiarized, hence there was nothing "novel" about it?
  L. Urdang
  Old Lyme


Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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_Fox & Friends_ this a.m. interviewed Holly Peterson, author of a novel about male nannies titled _The Manny_.

The word "novel" was avoided, being replaced by "fictional book" and "fiction book."

Had to happen, right?

JL


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