Sen. Specter at it again !

[Jonathan Lighter]

Some BIG hornets, whut I mean !

  JL

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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> Sen. Arlen Specter (R.-Pa.) has characterized the President's
>secret order to the NSA to monitor calls without a warrant as
>"extremely problemsome" (CNN ten minutes ago.)
>
> "Problemsome" appears to be well established in Sen. Specter's
>usage. Michael Quinion noted it in 2003 :
>
> http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-pro1.htm
>
> JL
>
If you like blends, the sports talk host on WFAN an hour ago, Joe
Benigno, referred to a football team "walking into a hornets' den".

LH



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