Word: reproof
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dukakis' vectors point downward, as if gravity were pressing on him especially hard. Even the words that leave his lips seem to have weights on them. When he says, as he often does in a speech, "My friends," the expression carries a curious gravamen of reproof or irony -- but no warmth. His speeches, however, have much of his body's compactness and concision and a certain driving force about them...
...Presidents, finds herself at a dinner party seated next to Manners Mabon, a short, fat, charming bachelor with no visible means of support. Before long, the matron and the dilettante are seen together constantly at art galleries and museums. People begin to talk, and Frances receives a painful reproof from her old friend Alice: "I thought it was important how we appeared to the world . . . It's not that what's inside isn't more important. Of course it is. But I thought you and I believed that our outward selves should reflect, as far as possible, the things...
...which can be found just to the left of Clint Eastwood's name in any story about Carmel, Calif., is the most beloved two-hyphen entry, while "state-of-the-art " is such a successful three-hyphen innovation that it may be used several times a week without risking reproof from an editor. Though of lower wattage, nonhyphenated modifiers also count for something in journalese. Since "buxom blond" and "leggy redhead" are no longer in fashion, journalese has evolved alternate descriptions of females, like a "handsome woman" (virtually any female over 50) or an "attractive woman" (any woman...