Is it politically incorrect now to call someone a certain number of “years old”?

NBC’s announcers always say athletes are “X years of age.”

Is this awkward terminology required over against the standard “X years old”?

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One reason the occasional poet shirks questions about what their poems mean.

Using prose to explain…

…the experience of poetry is like standing on your tiptoes to experience the minimal gravity of the moon.

-Gary Dop

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2 words that are very much like words they’re similar to: Today’s vocab for the day

Q: What’s another word kinda like tautology?

A: tautology

Kidding…kidding.

Real answer: pleonasm

Relax…it’s not as gross as it sounds.

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New Johnny Cash Album

I was driving with my fiance to get married in Pennsylvania when I heard Johnny Cash died. I think I might’ve cried.

New Johnny Cash Album

(Preview on Amazon)

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The (read with a long E sound) best music video ever!

Watch this video, and then thank me in the comments.

Or, actually, thank Derek Webb who tweeted it a few minutes ago.

Update: They took it off YouTube, but not Vimeo yet.

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