Wednesday, May 30, 2012

From Letters to the Editor : the Economist


Not feeling aroused
SIR – I have noticed a tendency in your pages to overuse the word “sexy” to describe things of interest, such as in a book review about an author who is “making physics sexy again” (“House of dreams”, March 3rd). Might I suggest alluring, fascinating, interesting, fetching, sleek, seductive, provocative, sensual, racy, slinky, to name just a few alternatives.
I have seen the strangest things described as sexy and I confess to being less than turned on.
Leslie Kingsley
Rubik, Albania

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