MixedNuts comments on Tidbit: “Semantic over-achievers” - Less Wrong Discussion
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Nancy was quoting the review given as an example of shooting yourself in the foot with too many layers in the linked Language Log post. The author of this review meant "is reliably excellent" and wrote "never fails to disappoint".
D'oh!. If I'd read the linked content first, I'd have understood the context that was being quoted there.