Going Forward

[Victoria Neufeldt]

Now you've got me all confused!

Victoria

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
> Of Bob Fitzke
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 12:20 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Going Forward
>
>
> Victoria Neufeldt wrote:
>
> > So from the above one might say that the present use of the
> expression dates
> > from late 94 or early 95, probably initially simply as an extension of
> > "going forward with plans" and then taking on a kind of cachet among
> > "forward-looking(!)" business types, before inevitably morphing
> into cliche
> > (though still not widely recognized as such).
> >
>
> Just curious. Can it be a cliche if it is "still not widely recognized"?
>
> Bob
>