"Adj of a" in extremis

[Laurence Horn]

 From a blogger's posting on the Boston Globe web site on last night's
game in which the Boston Celtics unexpectedly dominated the favored
Cleveland Cavs, and on Charles Barkley's tendentious commentary on
TNT:

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stakiinnh wrote:
I was thinking this series was over after game 1. What an idiot. Back
to Boston with a chance to take a commanding lead.

How big fat of a jerk is Barkley? He should be forced to do the next
broadcast in a Celtics uniform just to come close to evening up his
thus far complete and unwarranted partiality for Cavs.
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For me, "how big of a jerk" is fine and I wouldn't even blink too
hard at "how fat of a jerk", but "how big fat of a jerk" definitely
involves pushing the envelope.  Kudos to [I assume] Staki in New
Hampshire!

LH

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