Back in November 2009, not long after I first started writing this blog, I happened to see two news stories in a row that had quotes using the saying “When…
Category: Bushisms
The ironic dual anniversary of “subliminal advertising” and the Bushism “subliminable”…
On September 12, 1957, market researcher James Vicary held a press conference that made a new term famous. Vicary claimed to have developed “hidden” ads that could be used in…
SEPTEMBER 6 – OMG re: W. and OB-GYNs
Back in January of 1775, British playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play The Rivals premiered. It introduced a character named Mrs. Malaprop. Her name was inspired by the French term mal…