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“So whence the joyless peevology, the empty outrage over nounings, neologisms, and colloquialisms?”
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“No doubt this is a logical development, since peevology has long been the dominant tradition in usage advice.”
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whichbe 1) the collecting and public airing of language peeves 2) the study of such peevish behavior May 12, 2008