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« Cartoon greatness | Main | The screen world » Friday, February 9, 2007At least it's not "drilling down"The Washington Post's Style section takes note of one of my favorite buzzwords: granular (rendered more absurd when transformed into "granularity"). Sample usage, by hypothetical Pentagon briefer: "I'm just giving you the summary. The document itself is much more granular" -- i.e., goes into more detail. Usually I snicker when I hear it; sometimes I get mad, in which case, in the future, I will remember this essay, from Language Log, on the ridiculousness -- even the camp quality -- of getting angry over word-usage issues.   Posted by Christopher Shea at 05:29 PM
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