The volatile and vivacious world of the adjective `Formulaic' is a word much used by lazy TV executives - as if there wer e any other kind

The Independent - London | March 3, 1999| | Copyright

"I ALWAYS feel sorry for the word `pyrrhic'. `Pyrrhic' is a really neat little adjective, but it's never going to get very far up the ratings. Do you know why? Because it only has one usage. Only a victory can be `pyrrhic'. Nothing else can. You can't have a pyrrhic election or a pyrrhic dinner party. There's no other way you can use the word `pyrrhic', other than with `victory', so it doesn't crop up that often. No wonder it doesn't even make the top 1,000 in the world..."

Hold on, hold on! Who is our arcane informant and what on earth is he on about? Ratings for adjectives? Top 1,000 ...

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