Famous Sayings

At this moment in time…

This usually means you are summarizing a key point at a certain moment and qualifying it by saying that “while this may hold true now, it is subject to change, so don’t hold me to this because I can’t guarantee the accuracy for very long”.  So you say “At this moment in time…” to qualify your guarantee of accuracy.  Read more... (123 words, estimated 30 secs reading time)

Fairly Unique

This usually means that something is somewhat unique but not totally.  It’s almost an oxymoron or a self-contradicting statement.

Reader’s Digest recently said this was one of the most irritating English phrases and I agree.  Why would they say that?  Thoughts?  To me, it’s because it seems so wishy-washy a statement…