Word: leeway
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...newspaper fabricated an entire story about Prime Minister Stephen Harper, claiming that he pocketed a communion wafer instead of ingesting it during a church communion. "Wafergate" never happened, and the story included quotes supposedly uttered by prominent officials that were completely fabricated. Whoops. Hopefully this buys us a little leeway: the next time we screw up, just remember that others have done worse...
...With humor, you often walk a fine line between being offensive and being funny,” Choi said. “But when you know that something is not serious, you give it more leeway than if you know they are actually serious about what they are saying...
Left with an absurd amount of plot leeway, “All Saints Day” busies itself engaging in a self-referential elevation of campiness. While a great deal of the humor in the original hinged upon the brothers’ bungled attempts to recreate old action movie scenes, “All Saints Day” makes a conscious attempt to churn out fantastically outlandish fight scenes and hard-boiled, quotable one-liners. Murphy kicks off a killing campaign by cheekily remarking to his brother, “Let’s do some gratuitous violence...
...little safe and justified in doing this stuff." Daulerio insists that he trusts his sources and claims that he really was trying to make a larger point about ESPN's culture - employees allegedly complain that while on-air personalities get reprimanded for inappropriate relationships, business executives enjoy more leeway...
...Yeah, it’s not fair that tutors have pets,” said Galster. “It’s not ideal, but to be honest, they give you enough leeway to have my pet turtle. There’s not enforcement for small things, so there’s a middle ground.” Galster admits that his House tutor is well aware of Franklin’s presence...