'Landliners' — Episode 2: 'I just coined it' is inoperative

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Those reading this inside the Beltway will appreciate the phrase "is inoperative," appearing as it does in innumerable press conferences and statements where the responsible party is congenitally unable to come right out and say "I was wrong."

Never a problem here: as I've alluded to in the past, I enjoy being corrected much, much more than being right the first time.

Call it a quirk or a problem, it's the way I've been wired and I'm not gonna go in there now and try to fix it.

Anyway.

Where was I?

Quarks?

We were discussing particle physics?

We weren't?

Oh.

Hold on a sec, let me find the reset button, now where'd I put that thing... caroline, you got it?

Oh.

Give it here.

Now.

Back to "landliners."

I was all full of myself this past Tuesday about how I'd invented this term of art to refer to those left behind, for the most part "the older portion of the demographic pie."

Well, guess what?

Not two hours after that post went up, my Crack Research Team (the new and improved version — more about them another time) came back with the search results up top and below.

 
Yo, joe: FAIL

But perhaps I can take credit for popularizing "landliners," maybe making it part of everyday jargon.

Does that count for anything?

No?

Oh.