Is OpenAI Today’s Netscape? Or Is It AOL?
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...and that summary -- accurate as it is -- is why some of us enjoy reading the entire piece. Because the entire point is that language can be beautiful when it is carefully chosen.
My guess is that the SEO analysis made the suggestion. After all, more people would look for LotR (thinking the book or movie) than its author. Even though it is writers who'd want the desk.
Surely, Colbert will buy this...?
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/thieves-90000-euros-fine-french-snails-h97xmdqb2
It isn't as lyrical or poetic as the dictionary McPhee chose, but when I want to ensure that my language is not-boring, I turn to Better Than Great: A Plenitudinous Compendium of Wallopingly Fresh Superlatives.