My mother would always say my brother was in a coma, a more acceptable phrase than brain-damaged.
Let's make one thing clear first: "Right-level" is absolutely not an acceptable verb phrase, and I only used it because it fitted onto the slide better.
Cruscans wrote many commentaries on Petrarch and Boccaccio, their models for linguistic usage; compiled dictionaries and lists of acceptable phrases and images from these authors; and translated many works into what they judged to be pure Tuscan.
In their deliberations over the past few weeks, the Iraqi Governing Council tried many phrases to describe an acceptable role for Islam.
The phrase "friend zone" has become an acceptable way to target that blame, which is clearly not a positive thing.
For a public that is more focused on domestic issues and less knowledgeable about national security, the phrase could help make Mr. Romney seem an acceptable commander in chief.
Our preliminary results suggest that the YSQ is feasible, have valid spinal pain prevalence estimates and pain scores and is phrased in such a manner that the target population has an acceptable level of item understanding.
It was, by Nichols' own admission, an acceptable alternative to real fighting, though the camp theatrics they came up with warranted the phrase "ooh, you are awful".
Definitely an acceptable substitute.
It was an acceptable choice.
I was an acceptable type".
