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Word: ier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...illusion of academic progress is always amusing. And so, each comment is carefully constructed not just to prove how intelligent the sectionee is, but to show just how right she is. Then the next person will object, to prove that he is in fact, “right-ier.” And perhaps the teaching fellow will get a word in with a “That’s not exactly what it means,” and prove they are the “right-iest.” But this just won?...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman | Title: Sectional Thinking | 2/21/2006 | See Source »

...statements. Action, intrigue, worldwide acclaim—or at least recognition. And we have its touring company, if you will. Controversy on campus gets undergraduates itching—they must pick a side and defend it to the death. No, wait, they must pick a side and be right-ier and more compelling, proving that their right-iness exceeds even the upper tier. But the revival of this hit is just not doing so well. Now the critics all know its cliché. It’s all been done before. The touring company’s not doing...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman | Title: Sectional Thinking | 2/21/2006 | See Source »

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