The Corner

“Unhinged”

That’s one of those cases where you never see the opposite adjective used.

What would it be? “Hinged”? “Well hinged”? If the hinges are supposed to

be supporting a door, the precise and correct opposite would be “well

hung”… but let’s not go there.

John Derbyshire — Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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