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David Quinn
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Post by David Quinn » Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:39 pm

Does anyone else hate the way the word "deliciously" is constantly bantered about in the media? It used to be only feminine writers who used it, but now even men are getting in on the action. People are described as being "deliciously wicked" or "deliciously evil"; situations are refered to as "deliciously quiet, or "deliciously crowded". Everything is deliciously this or deliciously that.

It can be annoying because the word seems to capture everything that is repulsive about the feminine. It is like being forced to look at mini-skirts whenever you want to read a newspaper article.

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Post by avidaloca » Thu Jan 19, 2006 4:01 pm

I agree.

I just saw another interesting use of language by the media this morning. An article about Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban breaking up said for the first time in the mainstream media that he was a former alcoholic, crack cocaine addict and womaniser. It then went on to detail a smear by an ex-girlfriend. Half an hour later the story was changed to "Urban split a myth" when it was revealed that they actually are still together, and any reference to his sordid past suddenly disappeared.

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