I Am Legend! And You Might Be One Too
It's official! anyone who has done something in the public eye and/or of note is a "legend". There isn't much imagination among journalist to come up with another descriptive word other than legend or legendary. Legend is defined as : a story coming down from the past; especially : one popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable b : a popular myth of recent origin. I hear this word constantly ascribed to athletes and entertainers daily. Some of them are very good at what they do and have been for a long time; however to deem them "legends" simply because they have been in their respective field for a decade is hyperbolic at best. Much of this is done out of pure laziness. I guess it's too much work to spend a few seconds searching for a simpler term like veteran, pioneer or famed. Instead of calling Wayne Newton a Las Vegas veteran, its sounds more glossy to describe him as a 'Las Vegas Legend'. Maybe in this case after forty y