Search Details

Word: mcginnã (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...energy to defining the concept without impressing its significance on his readers. In a world where even one dictionary citation seems like a rhetorical faux pas, three separate appeals to Wikipedia, HarperCollins American Slang, and the Oxford English Dictionary in the first chapter serve as early signals of McGinn??s need for filler. The way McGinn delves into the concept also seems a little imbalanced. For about 30 pages of the 80-page text, he concerns himself with the task of explaining just why the obscenity of the term is integral to its meaning—barely squeezing...

Author: By Antonia M.R. Peacocke, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: McGinn Fucks, Mindfucks, Fails | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...McGinn??s teammates included Andrew M. Brunner ’06 and Jack M. Marsh ’06, who are also Crimson editors. Their team christened them “The Yellow Dart” and “The No. 1 Stunner,” respectively...

Author: By Nina L. Vizcarrondo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Quincy Pummels Freshmen at Dodgeball | 3/7/2005 | See Source »

Then again, I must say, I fully understand the roots of Mr. McGinn??s jealousy.  Harvard’s athletic incompetence has undoubtedly put a damper on his own sports reporting career.  I spotted Mr. McGinn enjoying the free lunch Princeton provides visiting writers, a scrumptious feast he no doubt wishes he could partake in more than once a season.  Even worse, Mr. McGinn has not had the chance to travel to Denver to cover the NCAA basketball tournament or to San Diego to cover a football game.  Quite...

Author: By David Baumgarten, | Title: Harvard's sports performance can't back up McGinn's boasts | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

| 1 |