The British are famous for the clever turn of the phrase, and the
headline writers at the BBC are among the best.
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Search for least-worst option in Iraq
By Paul Reynolds
World affairs correspondent, BBC News
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A "helluva mess" is how the former US Secretary of State James Baker is
said to have described the state of Iraq - and the search is on for the
least-worst option for US policy makers.
"The least-worst option." Can anyone come up with a more
descriptive phrase?
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Someone on NANOG used "pessimised", by analogy to "optimised", a while back.
I bet most British people think that "least worst" is a godawful americanism.