We all know that when we go to the supermarket, much of the "food" we buy is deceptively labeled -- from "ice cream" to "chicken."
In all fairness to supermarkets, they have tried to inform the public in more detail as to what it (the public) is actually going to put into its stomach.
As a former diplomat (I still hope the All-Mighty will absolve me of my sins in the world's second oldest profession), I am struck by the dilution (a scholar's word -- see below) of the word/label "diplomacy."
I have been religiously following on the internet the adjectives imposed on the noun "diplomacy" for some time. You name 'em.
So here's an edited Facebook exchange on the latest ad added to dip:
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