Ready to go to the Headquarters, I had already packed my laptop computer to take with me and it was in my car.
The television was playing in the background and a commentator said that someone was her Doppelganger.
Les asked, "Is that correct usage? Does that mean they look alike?" I said, "Well, literally, in German, a Doppelganger is an apparition, but in common usage it's come to mean a double or a lookalike."
He said, "I'll look it up."
I answered, "Oh, the computer is already in the car."
Les said, wryly, "I think we STILL have a dictionary!"
How spoiled am I by technology when my first instinct was to run to the computer instead of to the trustworthy OED?
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