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Technology Stocks : Lucent Technologies (LU)
LU 2.490-1.2%Nov 28 12:59 PM EST

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To: PamZ who wrote (3429)7/30/1998 8:04:00 PM
From: William E Hodal  Read Replies (2) of 21876
 
A celebration of the faux pas, beginning with the author's latest beaut.
forbes.com

It's not a phrase one hears much anymore, and more's the pity. "I made a faux pas" sounds much better than, "Boy, did I just step in it." The word gaffe gets a pretty good workout. The OED cites modern French-une gaffe, "a remark by which one 'puts one's foot into it'."

This is a long but very funny piece your sides will hurt from laughing.

Bill
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