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Some Fizz for ‘Fissile’
(Charlie Warzel, “Why Courtrooms Are Kryptonite for Alex Jones,” NYTimes, 3-31-19)
“Fissile,” where I’d have written “fizzle,” caught my eye in this article. With its meaning of “easily split” (chiefly of rock), it’s an interesting alternative in the context. It would need a verb, however: “are fissile” or “prove fissile,” perhaps.
The slips I most appreciate are the ones that are almost too plausible to dismiss.
(c) 2019 JMN.
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I live in Texas and devote much of my time to easel painting on an amateur basis. I stream a lot of music, mostly jazz, throughout the day. I like to read and memorize poetry.