Levey's Legions Offer Scorn for `Herm' From: The Washington Post | Date: June 28, 1999| Author: Bob Levey | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Honest, I was just trying to bail the language out of a recurrent leaky boat. But my readers say, "Write your way around it instead of giving us `herm.' "

Ah, "herm," my brainchild, my chance to make history! To herm or not to herm, that was the question. Here's the phraseological mess that gave rise to my herm-storm:

"Nothing's more important than your child. Support them in every way." I spotted this language in an ad that's aimed at deadbeat dads. As you can tell in a flash, "...

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