Notch style points
Hi
Unlike my debates with Hillary and the rest of the Democratic field, which so often felt like an elaborate game, splitting hairs and notching style points, the differences between me and John McCain were real and deep
What does it mean to notch style points?
Thanks in advance
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I've never heard this phrase before. I'd say score style points. It suggests the debates were a game, in which the speakers tried to score points for speaking with clever style.
- I've never heard this phrase before.
- I'd say score style points.
- It suggests the debates were a game, in which the speakers tried to score points for speaking with clever style.
- notching literally means cutting a mark on a piece of wood, eg the way a shipwrecked sailor in a movie records how may days he has been marooned on an island.
- Clive
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I've never heard this phrase before.
I'd say score style points. It suggests the debates were a game, in which the speakers tried to score points for speaking with clever style.
notching literally means cutting a mark on a piece of wood, eg the way a shipwrecked sailor in a movie records how may days he has been marooned on an island.
Clive
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