Exceptional Busted by Google Retrospective Plagiarism by Elizabeth Emerald Artwork by MoonWillow at FanArtReview.com

Forty-plenty years ago I came up with the brilliant term "bass-ackwards." I crowed about my cleverness, construing opportunity to impress with my bit of wit. A few years ago, I came upon the term "back-asswards." Close, but not quite as clever. I Googled it just now: 25,400 hits. For the heck of it, I'll Google "bass-ackwards" ... ... 271,000 hits. ... Date of origin ... est.1955-1960 BUSTED! To salvage my pride, I've come up with this wicked twist on a tired (not-so) truism: Absence makes the hard grow longer. Goose eggs per Google!  Let this posting serve as proof: you heard it here first! And, likely, last: it's not nearly as ingenious as the one I didn't invent.   Recognized Author Notes Helza Blaze by MoonWillow on FanArtReview.com THANK YOU! FLASHing solo (sans contest) at 115 words.

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