Word: toothness
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People spend a lot of time in the store looking around at all the varieties of candies and products, he said. "Everyone has a sweet-tooth, and health conscious people can choose granola or dried fruit, or even the dietetic candy that we offer...
...uncovered by Meese's investigation. Aides say that Weinberger had long suspected the contras had a secret source of funds, but since the matter was outside his jurisdiction he did not pursue it. Says a Pentagon official: "Of course, he didn't believe the contra funding came from the tooth fairy...
...WAITING for an interview with a noted expert at Harvard's School of Public Health on the spread of tooth decay among second-grade students, when I noticed the crumpled piece of paper on the ground next to the trash can. Good reporter that I am, I scooped...
Option C: Send in an undercover team to distribute free brownies, chocolate bars, candy corn, and other foodstuffs to the guilty parties in order to promote tooth decay and gum disease...
...like a "handsome woman" (virtually any female over 50) or an "attractive woman" (any woman at all). Negative journalese, a strong branch of the language, combines a complimentary word with an apparently innocent but actually murderous modifier. "She is still pretty," for instance, means, "She is long in the tooth" or "Good grief! Is she still around?" Other useful adjectives include "crusty" (obnoxious), "unpredictable" (bonkers), "experienced" (ancient) and "small but well-financed" (don't invest in this turkey...