Bemused by ‘peruse’

Trick question: Do you usually read my column thoroughly, or do you just peruse it?I couldn’t think of a better way to introduce our topic: commonly misused words. “Peruse” is on a list of 75.The word “peruse” I heard first circa-1967 from a college boyfriend. He said his father had perused some sort of secret foolproof guidelines used by the big players in the commoditi...

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