While we're personifying the bedroom…
Our local paper carried an article about how
a Michigan university banishes worn-out words, phrases of 2006 such as "gone missing", but the Seattle Times had it on the web:
Real-estate listings were targeted for overuse of “boast.” As in “master bedroom boasts his-and-her fireplaces”— “never 'bathroom apologizes for cracked linoleum,' or 'kitchen laments pathetic placement of electrical outlets'?” noted contributor Morris Conklin.
Posted by ronlusk at January 2, 2007 03:19 PM