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While we're at it, why not outlaw all words and expressions we've purloined over the years from specialized fields--such as melancholy, hectic, chronic , and allergic (medicine); leading question , time is of the essence (law); by and large, high and dry, slush fund, round robin, aloof (sailing); ego, extrovert, complex, phobia, psyche, depression, trauma, subconscious (same place as empathy); and many more of what Fowler called popularized technicalities.
Because the question included the charge that Forbes was "aloof," Forbes responded with his version of a joke: "Maybe you want me to give a hug to John," he said.
But Bill Haley and Elvis painted Broadway into a corner it never quite got out of: Musicals stood aloof from rock and became, by definition, staid, conservative, middle-aged--something your parents go see on their wedding anniversary.
In sheer appearance, this cold and aloof Southerner stood out from his fellow math prodigies.
Although some Indians assimilated the language and behavior of the British, to most the imperialists were offensively aloof.