Monday, January 20, 2020

GET ME REWRITE: Amtrak already a shoo-in for finalist in "Worst Optics of the Year" award (2020)


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Reported in Amtrak Asks 2 People Who Use Wheelchairs To Pay $25,000 For A Ride.  (NPR, 1/17/2020)

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of 'shoe-in' occurred in 1937.

Other coinages from the same year include:

  1. bubble gum
  2. devil theory
  3. dumpster
  4. fleapit
  5. horror story
  6. ivory-towered
  7. receiving end
  8. schmo
  9. scorched-earth
  10. viral

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