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It's a POLA violation. Documenting this gross violation of expectations is not a sufficient apology.

• geofft 10y ago
  (I assume you meant POLS, not POLA?)
  • khedoros 10y ago
    "POLA" would be for "astonishment", instead of "surprise". Based on the Wikipedia citations, POLA looks like the older form of the phrase.
    • geofft 10y ago
      Ah, thanks. I parsed that as "authority", which is a different thing altogether, but yes, I've heard "astonishment".