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Norm Crosby strikes again: Silver and Magic Bullets

On: Thursday, May 6, 2010

Last night I saw some scholarly gent on TV talking about targeting and fixing some giant problem using a Silver Bullet.  It was another bi-malapropism-istic  error that made me cringe (yeah, that's a word, I just coined it.) So let's nail this one down:

Silver Bullet - used by the Lone Ranger and werewolf killers. Sometimes for vampires, too.

Magic Bullet - something that could kill disease causing organisms without harming the person that they are infecting. Think Erlich, Lister, Pasteur, tuberculosis, syphillis, moldy bread and penicillin.

Review: 
Silver Bullets, cowboys, werewolfs.
Magic Bullets: fix something while implying a one-off use.
Please commit these to memory and use them properly!

By the way: when the hell did "one-off" creep into our language? When I was working my tech job someone threw the phrase out, everyone nodded their heads, and it took me a couple of weeks to find out what it meant.  I thought I knew everything but worked with some brainy types who liked to make you think they were better educated/informed/connected than you were. Anyway, it means "make only one." But I guess you already knew that 'cause you are better than me.
Jim

2 comments on "Norm Crosby strikes again: Silver and Magic Bullets"

Dreemfinder said...

Did you mean "better THAN me"? That's the trouble with being (as I am) a stickler for grammar & spelling... you must then become a ruthless proof-reader of your own stuff.

JimG said...

Oh crap. It was a typo.
THANK YOU. I don't need to look any more stupid than I already look.
I guess bimalapropismistic flipped you out!
Drop me a line any time I make typos or grammar and spelling errors.
Jim

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