metric madness
metric madness
n
informal excessive devotion to metrication
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In a victory for common sense, the latest metric madness was torpedoed during an 11th-hour vote.
Another example of justice needing a serious overall is the metric madness syndrome.
Metric madness that prohibits a pint of beer, a pound of mince and an ounce of butter?
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