without further ado

ado noun [ mass noun ] a state of agitation or fuss: this is much ado about almost nothing. • dated trouble or difficulty: I hastened there without delay or ado. PHRASES without further (or more) ado without any fuss or delay; immediately. without further ado he hurried down the steps. ORIGIN late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘action, business’): from northern Middle English at do‘to do’, from Old Norse at (used to mark an infinitive).

HERE I AM: I have noticed that WFA (Without Further Ado) is unavoidable. Clichéd now, so old it should be bed-ridden if not dead, but even the most avant-garde, hip, even relatively young people cannot seem to avoid it. It’s the easiest way to start a meeting or introduce a speaker. And I have used it now to launch into a basket full of words…

With no time to spare. My computer is telling me I have 4% power left.

À bientôt.