Uncontrolled onomatopoeia
Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales got a little carried away today at the end of a column on last night's broadcast of "The West Wing":
What sounded bold and gripping in NBC promos proved limp and wimpy on the air -- shilly-shallying in a namby-pamby way.
Holy cow! Are you sure it wasn't also willy-nilly, pell-mell, or flim-flammed? And is it possible to shilly-shally in a bold, macho way? Someone ask Geraldo Rivera.
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