Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'oxfordenglishdictionary'
December 11, 2007
Rosie DiManno sucks. Every day (or so), poor Toronto Star readers are subjected to another over-the-top, awkwardly-written, occasionally-insulting column about the day's top depressing story from the purple-streaked purveyor of pulp. It's about time someone took out the trash. The Oxford English Dictionary defines "busy" as "occupied with constant attention; actively engaged; doing something that engrosses the attention." We've been that recently, too engrossed with things like the ROM bomb scare to think too much......
Continue Reading "DiManno Watch: Sporty, Scary, Spice Edition"November 13, 2007
Rosie DiManno sucks. Every day, poor Toronto Star readers are subjected to another over-the-top, awkwardly-written, occasionally-insulting column about the day's top depressing story from the purple-streaked purveyor of pulp. Torontoist, for one, can't take it anymore: it's time to take out the trash. The Evidence DiManno Watch needed a bit of a breather for the past week, and, really, we have no one other than DiManno to thank for that. Sure, she's subtly insulted immigrants......
Continue Reading "DiManno Watch: Webster's Defines..."December 11, 2006
It's been months in the making, but we've finally got our fancy-dancy new layout. Thanks to Neil and the rest of the Gothamist crew for hooking us up! You may have also noticed that we're also rocking a brand new shade of blue. We considered using royal blue for a while, which we liked for aesthetic reasons and symbolic ones: it's not only "the color of royalty to welcome the coming of a King,"......
Continue Reading "Torontoist, Meet Periwinkle"