Word: blurtings
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...concern in Democratic circles about what Biden might blurt out, he nevertheless seems to have improved over the past year. In the nomination season debates, when Biden himself was running for President, he usually kept his commentary smart, snappy and on message. His most memorable debate moment, in fact, came when he was asked if he would have the discipline as President to control his mouth. His one-word answer...
...clearest example is ordinary politeness. When you are at a dinner party and want the salt, you don't blurt out, "Gimme the salt." Rather, you use what linguists call a whimperative, as in "Do you think you could pass the salt?" or "If you could pass the salt, that would be awesome...
...many scandals, the first response may have been the most authentic - at least we're inclined to take it that way because the contrition cycle has become so familiar. You blurt. You deny. You apologize. You visit the rehab center or speak with the Official Minority Spokesperson of your choice and go on with your life. Although - or maybe because - it's so easy to get caught today, it's also easier to get forgiven. In 1988 Jimmy (the Greek) Snyder was fired by CBS for saying black athletes were "bred" to be better than whites. In 1996 CBS golf...
...week since Drew Gilpin Faust’s appointment was first reported in the pages of The Crimson, conservatives inside and beyond Harvard’s gates have demonstrated a peculiar tendency to blurt out the F-word: feminist...
...ridiculously easy and obvious questions to the class that no one wants to answer out of fear of getting labeled by their classmates as a suck-up. An awkward 30-second silence followed with everyone staring blankly at one another. Just wanting to put an end to it, I blurt out the obvious answer...