[stylist] Friday's Word: nimiety

[Brad Dunsé]

Lordy lordy lordy. I've been  caught out not 
checking the word usage. haha. Let's try again.

"Political ads are usually filled with a healthy dose of nimiety."

Where's that adjective spray when you need it?

Brad


On 1/27/2012  11:58 AM Donna Hill said...
>Brad,
>If someone came out with a nimiety filter for the brain, writers wouldn't
>have to do so much editing. Of course, both of us have used this word as an
>adjective rather than a noun.
>Donna
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>nimiety
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>nih-MY-uh-tee
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>(noun)
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>Excess, redundancy
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>“First drafts of any written piece usually need
>to be strained through a nimiety colander to help
>make the text clearer and more concise.”
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