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2004: the year ‘and/or’ broke

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“NOTE: We are no longer using the following words: ‘desultory,’ ‘heretofore’, ‘nonesuch’, ‘ineffable’, ‘meretricious’, ‘Vietnam’, and ‘utilize’. We are also discontinuing the usage of the construction ‘and/or.'”—Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern issue 1; 1998
Out Now: McSweeney’s 12: Unpublished, Unknown, &/or Unbelievable, 2004*
*This post qualifies as part of the required seven (7) Dave Eggers-related entries-per-year as stipulated by the bylaws of International Bloggers Union (local 404).