‘Body parts’: A phrase I have come to hate
It occurred to me that the characteristic phrase of our time may be "body parts." Journalists just love to use it, most often I think in reporting on car bomb explosions. That strikes me as lazy — why not say "arms, legs, heads, jawbones, and so on"? (Unless, of course, you can’t tell what they ...
It occurred to me that the characteristic phrase of our time may be "body parts." Journalists just love to use it, most often I think in reporting on car bomb explosions. That strikes me as lazy -- why not say "arms, legs, heads, jawbones, and so on"? (Unless, of course, you can't tell what they are.)
It occurred to me that the characteristic phrase of our time may be "body parts." Journalists just love to use it, most often I think in reporting on car bomb explosions. That strikes me as lazy — why not say "arms, legs, heads, jawbones, and so on"? (Unless, of course, you can’t tell what they are.)
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