>>As seen on SlashDot:
http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/06/12/1211204.shtml>>
>>"McCain is not the stranger to technology some think him to be. McCain is now asking supporters to stump for him on blogs. Republican Web 2.0 consultant David All was effluent with praise for this outreach, calling it 'smart' and 'unique.'"
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>>Methinks he meant "effusive" ...
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>As a noun it, obviously, refers to like sewerage water, but the adjective means "flowing out or forth."
That's exactly what I meant by the title of the thread. In this context the word, although rarely used as an adjective, is not incorrect so neither a spell checker nor a grammar checker will catch it.
I found it particularly amusing that "smart" and "unique" "praise" would be associated with wastewater ;-\
Regards. Al
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