preposterosities

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I said all they have left is preposterosities like Sarah Palin.

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"A younger generation has now taken to giving their children WASPy first names, so that today one runs into such comic nomenclatural pairings as Tyler Ginsberg, Mackenzie Rosenthal, Hunter Fefferman, Kelly Rabinowicz, and other such preposterosities," Epstein concludes.

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chained_bear commented on the word preposterosities

"A younger generation has now taken to giving their children WASPy first names, so that today one runs into such comic nomenclatural pairings as Tyler Ginsberg, Mackenzie Rosenthal, Hunter Fefferman, Kelly Rabinowicz and other such preposterosities."
—Joseph Epstein, "'Uncle Bernie' and the Jews," Newsweek, January 19, 2009

January 24, 2009
reesetee commented on the word preposterosities

Wow. This is fun to say.

January 24, 2009