The Lexicon: According to Erin McKean, editor of the Oxford American Dictionary, the term "information superhighway" has fallen into disuse. If we use it any more, according to our lexiconographer, it is in a derisive way. It certainly didn't take long for this road to develop some massive potholes.

According the The American Heritage Dictionary, a "pothole" in Western U.S. usage is "A place filled with mud or quicksand." Sound familiar?