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Originally posted by towny
Our language has become increasingly colloquial and its expletives, superlatives etc are increasingly over-used.
Anyway, I tend to think 'sexed up' and 'road map' arise because words and phrases we might once have used when we get excited about stuff are a bit worn out through over-use.
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... Also politicians and media people aim to use a 'sound bite'.
(There's another one for you
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(Or perhaps they don't know how to spell 'exaggerate' either
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Ron
