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Sophisticated alternatives to common words

May 20, 2012

procrastinate v.i.: shilly-shally

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Green had his staff pore over Victoria’s Secret catalogs for days on end until they determined that the Secret people did not show enough minority models wearing their underwear. Green didn’t shilly-shally. He cited them with a violation of city regulations—hell, right on the spot. (Michael Shain, Inside New York, Newsday, 6/20/1993.)

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