Comments on: What’s the CBA’s game with rates, ABC and Allco? http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/05/whats-the-cbas-game-with-rates-abc-and-allco/ now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:47:58 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Patricia http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/05/whats-the-cbas-game-with-rates-abc-and-allco/#comment-8010 Patricia Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-8010 Fulsome: "of large size or quantity; generous or abundant"<br /><br />Source: Oxford.<br /><br />Your problem? Fulsome: “of large size or quantity; generous or abundant”

Source: Oxford.

Your problem?

]]> By: Malcolm http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/05/whats-the-cbas-game-with-rates-abc-and-allco/#comment-8011 Malcolm Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-8011 Nice try, but that definition is more-or-less obsolete.<br /><br />More commonly: "Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery."<br /><br />If you're a pedant and trying for the anachronistic meaning, then you should at least signpost it... Nice try, but that definition is more-or-less obsolete.

More commonly: “Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery.”

If you’re a pedant and trying for the anachronistic meaning, then you should at least signpost it…

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