Pacific Standard May-June 2013 Cover

From the Department of Overused


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Normally press releases don’t catch my eye; in fact, they often don’t make it into my inbox. But this header caused me pause: “KLM serves UTZ Certified coffee on flights” (sic). Random. And the first line of the release: “18 million cups of coffee sustained.” (Clarity alert: KLM is now serving UTZ coffee which is grown sustainably.) Anyone up for voting the word “sustainably” onto this list: http://www.economist.com/style-guide/overused-words?

 

 

 

About Maria Streshinsky

Maria Streshinsky is the editor of Pacific Standard, and was formerly the managing editor of The Atlantic in Washington, D.C. She spent two years working at the U.S. Department of the Interior.