"forgettable"

[ronbutters at AOL.COM]

"forgettable" = 'should be forgotten'?

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On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU> wrote:

> http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-halloffameinductions
> "The switch-hitting Alomar won a record 10 Gold Gloves at second base,
> was a 12-time All-Star and a career .300 hitter. Full of baseball
> smarts and grace, he’s also linked with one of the game’s most
> forgettable moments -- he spit on umpire John Hirschbeck during an
> argument in 1996."
>
> So forgettable that it's still being talked about 15 years later?
>
> --bgz
>
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> Ben Zimmer
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