Words To Bring Back: “Virtual”

– Definition: adj. almost or nearly as described, but not completely or according to strict definition.

– Used in a sentence: Though no Popeye, I am a virtual strongman when it comes to eating spinach.

– Why: Let’s retake the words that have become redefined in our modern now-a-go-go world; instead of using “virtual” to indicate a computer/online-based experience, how about instead saying “digital?” “Computer-based?” Or that ol’ ’90s standby, “cyber?”

Author: Neal Ross Attinson

Neal Ross Attinson is one of those text-compulsives who feels naked without a keyboard, or at least a a pad and pen. He is unafraid of adverbs, loves astronomy and gastronomy with equally unabashed passion, and lives with/in an eclectic library in Sonoma, California.

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