Abstinence

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Un-wise

“There is not a noun in the language to which -wise cannot be added if the spirit moves one to add it. The sober writer will abstain from the use of this wild additive.” 

—E.B. White, writer, in Strunk & White, The Elements of Style, 3^rd edition, 1979

• Editorial Comment: As in wondering how the president was feeling, psychotic-wise.



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