Dude, just cause I read the Times doesn't mean I recognize Jonathan Swift allusions: from a story on the prosecution of Russia's richest man,
The charges against Mr. Khodorkovsky and Yukos, like everything else in the trial, are of Brobdingnagian proportions.
Maybe it's because I don't get out much, but this is the first time in my life I have heard someone use the word "Brobdingnagian."
posted by alex @ 7:48 PM
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But I bet you've heard 'liliputian' a number of times.
--David
ive heard it before. only wankers use it :)
-your #1 fan
true, i've heard lilliputian -- but its far more common, less awkward, and people know what it means. as opposed to Brodb... which is completely obscure and does not belong in a newspaper; why would you use a word less than 1% of your reading public understands?
ah, yes, i'm not surprised you heard it angela -- after all, there must be so many pricks on the poli sci faculty...
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