NO REST FOR THE X

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Mon May 22 03:25:38 UTC 2006


looks like this has become a snowclone.  in the first hundred
webhits, i get X =

Clinton-obsessed, brave, woody, query, sleepless, productive,
victorious, dead, waking, liver, victors, innocent, Talking Heads,
wayfarer, workers, cookie-maker, retiree, professors, creepy,
mentally ill, boys aboard Ericsson

"query" is especially nice, given the rhyme to "weary".  and
"innocent", the opposite of "wicked".

arnold

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