“BARBARISMS is a hard word to fling about, apt to wound feelings, though it may break no bones ; perhaps it would be better abstained from ; but so too would the barbarisms themselves...That barbarisms should exist is a pity ; to expend much energy on denouncing them is a waste ; to create them is a grave misdemeanour ; & the greater the need of the word that is made, the greater its maker’s guilt if he miscreates it.”
H.W. Fowler, Modern English Usage
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I once had a bad case of the barbarisms. I couldn't sit down for weeks!
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