"America, which is entertaining itself to inanition, has never experienced a scarcity of entertainment."
-George Will, as extracted from this WaPo column
My first reaction was it was a typo and he meant inattention, but this is George Will we are talking about. His grasp of the language far and away exceeds mine. Therefore, the Oracle Google was consulted:
Looks like his word usage is correct, again.
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I have actually seen that listed as a cause of death on a few DC's (death certificates) over the years...usually someone very old in a nursing home.
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