On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Mark A. Mandel wrote: @> Many years ago I was having lunch with friends in the company @> cafeteria. One woman started ranting against "wicked good", about how @> it was intrinsically contradictory and shouldn't be used and was @> corrupting the language. I thought a bit while she was talking, and @> then I said, "Oh, I don't know. I kind of like it. I think it's pretty @> good. In fact, I think it's awful nice." ... She literally stopped, @> freeze-frame, with a forkful of food in midair en route to her mouth. You're my new hero. I'm storing that for future use.