I once used the word OBSOLETE in a headline, only to discover that 43 …

David Ogilvy
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I once used the word OBSOLETE in a headline, only to discover that 43 per cent of housewives had no idea what it meant. In another headline, I used the word INEFFABLE, only to discover that I didn't know what it meant myself.
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