When former Gov. Mike Easley said he "chunked" a letter, copy editors wondered.
The American Heritage Dictionary includes "to throw out; discard" for the verb "to chuck" but no similar definition for the verb "to chunk," Michael Biesecker reports.
Perhaps the governor misspoke, they concluded.
At a news conference Monday, President George W. Bush raised the question anew when speaking about his support for a bank bailout.
"I readily concede I chunked aside some of my free market principles," he said.
Perhaps, after eight years in the spotlight, both men's command of the English language is misunderestimated.
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