Same experience working with a world-class security developer. When he checks his email on his phone, it sounds like a wasp with a stutter.
@cleverjake, M.O. = modus operandi = 'way of working', i.e. how they did it. You answered why, I think. Then I read on to 'indiscriminatory' and gave up on the whole thing. ;)
For fiction, I'd vote for the First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen Donaldson. He's often mocked for deploying the less-visited corners of the OED, but some people love that sort of joy in language.…
Same experience working with a world-class security developer. When he checks his email on his phone, it sounds like a wasp with a stutter.
@cleverjake, M.O. = modus operandi = 'way of working', i.e. how they did it. You answered why, I think. Then I read on to 'indiscriminatory' and gave up on the whole thing. ;)
For fiction, I'd vote for the First and Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen Donaldson. He's often mocked for deploying the less-visited corners of the OED, but some people love that sort of joy in language.…