[Ads-l] QOTY

[Mark Mandel]

I'm surprised nobody has commented on the reversed sense of the verb
"mistake", similar to what's happening to "substitute".

MAM


On Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 2:39 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmmgail.com>
wrote:

> But the hits keep coming:
>
> "Conspiracy theory-endorsing Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) wore a dress
> emblazoned with the anti-President Joe Biden phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” and
> posed for a photo with ex-President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago
> resort on Wednesday.
>
> " 'It’s not a phrase, it’s a movement,' Boebert wrote on
> Twitter, referencing the phrase that’s gone viral among conservatives since
> *a NASCAR sportscaster mistook it for a 'Fuck Joe Biden'* chant at a race
> last month."
>
>
> https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lauren-boebert-donald-trump-dress_n_6184d7cfe4b06de3eb734174
>
> JL
>
>
> ...
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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