[Coco] An Off Topic subject.

[Ward Griffiths]

On Saturday 10 January 2004 12:57 pm, Dave Kelly wrote:

> For example, the Most Unnecessary Word of the year. Many of us
> could compile a list of possibilities here. The ADS members came up
> with "freedom", replacing "French" in phrases or compound nouns
> such as "French fries" and "French kiss". This easily beat
> "Bennifer", a blended noun describing the couple of Ben Affleck and
> Jennifer Lopez. In the Most Outrageous category nominations
> included "torture lite", torture short of bodily harm and "useful
> idiot", a human shield for the enemy. But the winner, clearly a
> word which fits its slot perfectly, was "cliterati", a collective
> noun for feminist or woman-oriented writers or opinion-leaders.

The term "useful idiots" is many decades old.  It was used by Lenin to 
describe western apologists for his murderous Soviet regime.
-- 
Ward Griffiths				wdg3rd at comcast.net

On Valentine's Day, millions of men give millions of women flowers,
cards and candy as a heartfelt expression of the emotion that also
motivates men to observe anniversaries and birthdays: fear.
						-- Dave Barry