Every once in a while, I will use a word or phrase—with the most innocent of intentions—that nevertheless ends up driving some people nuts. Well, if not “nuts,” it at least makes them irate enough to send me an email voicing their anger with my language choices. I’ve saved some up, and here they are today.
Q: It really gets my goat when you use the term “Social Security checks.” Don’t you know that no one gets a paper check anymore?
