I can't turn my editor's brain off.

[changeling]

Funniest misuse of a word in fandom yet: gentile, when the author means genteel. Somehow, gentile disdain doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

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[rincemaj.livejournal.com]

lol

gentile disdain: what my former housemate felt towards me when ordered bacon for sunday brunch! =P

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

*snerks* Well, precisely. Ah, those wacky gentiles.

[avaaricious.livejournal.com]

non-jewish scorn, baby. gentile disdain :D

[hespa.livejournal.com]

Today's award for getting caught by the vaguaries of the English language: my father, saying: "It's a worry, this anxiety."

Well, yes.