โAnd thatโs whatโs wrong with publishing today.โ
Lexicon. Mild reworking of a bit William Goldman has in his foreword to Morgensternโs The Princess Bride:
WHEN I WAS twenty-six, my first novel, The Temple of Gold, was published by Alfred A. Knopf. (Which is now part of Random House which is now part of R.C.A. which is just part of whatโs wrong with publishing in America today which is not part of this story.)
Usually used to illustrate something being overly intricate:
โThat restaurant is run by Fussmucker, but itโs owned by Muckenfuss, which is really a part of Gilded Octopus, LLC.โ
โAnd thatโs whatโs wrong with publishing today.โ