Defying Classification

by Malcolm Tredinnick

Tue 29 May 2007

How Much Supporting Evidence Is Appropriate?

Posted at 17:58 +1000

A section heading from Wikipedia's style page on weasel words:

Offhanded references to the sky being often-blue will not necessarily demand a citation

Take that nit-pickers!

(Why do I always feel that "weasel words" should be followed by "...and the weasels who use them"? I may have some prejudices here, of course.)

Topics: funny, writing