[Ads-l] WOTY candidate
Chris Waigl
chris at LASCRIBE.NET
Wed Aug 30 00:59:08 UTC 2017
Well there's the circle of security, the line of duty and the triangle of
opportunity. I'm sure there are more expressions that fit the template "the
[geometric object] of [noun ending in -ty]".
On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> How about "cone of uncertainty"?
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> Originally a mystery flavor at Baskin-Robbins.
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> JL
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