[Ads-l] "unforced error"
victor steinbok
aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM
Fri Jul 1 19:10:59 UTC 2016
Likely originated in tennis.
VS-)
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016, 10:46 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> A currently popular punditism for "blunder."
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