As despicable as the Verizon AUP is, this is not a new change. Here is a link to a rant in 2006 about the FIOS TOS including a mention of offtopic posting. In other current news, Ban Ki-moon has been elected to replace Kofi Annan as the secretary-general of the UN...
Flaunt is not incorrect. Using it just doesn't make you sound as haughty: adj. blatantly and disdainfully proud.
Not that I want to be sued for using copyrighted material, but...
From Merriam-Webster: Although transitive sense 2 of flaunt undoubtedly arose from confusion with flout, the contexts in which it appears cannot be called substandard "meting out punishment to the occasional mavericks who operate rigged games, tolerate rowdyism, or otherwise flaunt the law" -- Oscar Lewis "observed with horror the flaunting of their authority in the suburbs, where men... put up buildings that had no place at all in a Christian commonwealth" -- Marchette Chute "in our profession...very rarely do we publicly chastise a colleague who has flaunted our most basic principles" -- R. T. Blackburn, AAUP Bull. If you use it, however, you should be aware that many people will consider it a mistake. Use of flout in the sense of flaunt 1 is found occasionally "'The proper pronunciation,' the blonde said, flouting her refined upbringing, 'is pree feeks'" -- Mike Royko.
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As despicable as the Verizon AUP is, this is not a new change. Here is a link to a rant in 2006 about the FIOS TOS including a mention of offtopic posting. In other current news, Ban Ki-moon has been elected to replace Kofi Annan as the secretary-general of the UN...
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Flaunt is not incorrect. Using it just doesn't make you sound as haughty: adj. blatantly and disdainfully proud.
Not that I want to be sued for using copyrighted material, but...
From Merriam-Webster:
Although transitive sense 2 of flaunt undoubtedly arose from confusion with flout, the contexts in which it appears cannot be called substandard "meting out punishment to the occasional mavericks who operate rigged games, tolerate rowdyism, or otherwise flaunt the law" -- Oscar Lewis "observed with horror the flaunting of their authority in the suburbs, where men... put up buildings that had no place at all in a Christian commonwealth" -- Marchette Chute "in our profession...very rarely do we publicly chastise a colleague who has flaunted our most basic principles" -- R. T. Blackburn, AAUP Bull. If you use it, however, you should be aware that many people will consider it a mistake. Use of flout in the sense of flaunt 1 is found occasionally "'The proper pronunciation,' the blonde said, flouting her refined upbringing, 'is pree feeks'" -- Mike Royko.