infamous = 'talked-about; popular'

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Thu Feb 21 12:03:56 UTC 2013


Today CNN is saying "that highly talked-about golf match between President
Obama and Tiger Woods."

Note my suggested def. at the top of the thread.

(And the surprising - oops! I mean "eerie" - "Tiger Woods" connection....)

JL

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:25 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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