One very overworked pet peeve-word I’ve always had was “coffers<\/strong>” and people, usually municipal\/government officials, “digging deep<\/strong>” into them to pay somebody or something. In a day when cash is becoming obsolete and funds are whizzed around the world in
\na millisecond, isn’t it a bit ridiculous to continue to use a term
\nwhich Webster’s New World dictionary says was a “chest for holding
\nmoney or valuables?” Maybe just plain old “accounts”
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