Flat signed a book collecting term which deserves a flat refusal

I've made my peace with 'login' and am getting used to the ubiquitous 'like', but this bibliophile draws the line at 'flat signed'

I've recently returned from New York and I seem, at last, to have resolved my linguistic irritability with Americans, who seem preternaturally compelled to use the word "like" in, like, every sentence. This linguistic tick is largely class, age and gender free. You hear as many "likes" in a Madison Avenue bistro as on a subway train or in the local primary school. It's no wonder that Facebook is always inviting you (not me) to "like" something.

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