One of many frank embarrassments to be found in the New Yorker's house style, which is a mishmash of usages obsolete for varying spans of decades and others lik

One of many frank embarrassments to be found in the New Yorker's house style, which is a mishmash of usages obsolete for varying spans of decades and others like this which were never current at all, apparently assembled in the misguided belief that such behavior connotes arch playfulness rather than leaden pretense.