Ludicrous concepts […] like the whole idea of a “war on terrorism”. You can wage war against another country, or on a national group within your own country, but you can’t wage war on an abstract noun. How do you know when you’ve won? When you’ve got it removed from the Oxford English Dictionary?

Terry Jones (1942-2020) Welsh comedian, screenwriter, director, author

“Powell Speaks with Forked Tongue,” The Observer (23 Feb 2003)
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