mxhold commented on the word expedient
This seems to be increasingly used as a synonym for expeditious. (Just look at practically all of the twitter uses: http://www.wordnik.com/words/expedient/twitter for evidence.)
See: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1508 for another discussion.
June 26, 2009
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mxhold commented on the word expedient
This seems to be increasingly used as a synonym for expeditious. (Just look at practically all of the twitter uses: http://www.wordnik.com/words/expedient/twitter for evidence.)
See: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1508 for another discussion.
June 26, 2009