";s:4:"text";s:2764:"Don’t let this similar-sounding pair trick you! Theoretically, it should only end up there when it IS a word.Linking loss of common sense with women’s lib is churlish and has no place in a grammatical discussion. 151 isn’t over 100%, it’s over 100 proof but “only” 75.5%.You are both just making excuses for the use of an incorrect word. So the only correct usage of full-proof would resemble a bucket with a hole in it. All rights reserved.The other day, I was reading something that was said to be “fullproof.”I'd love to send the latest posts straight to your inbox! So I looked it up.It made me CRINGE, so I went to the contact page for this marketing firm, and I sent them an email saying “You guys! Foolproof or Fullproof – What’s the Difference? Meaning the “full” is a shorter standin for “everything,” meaning – as you said – that it has the vast majority of contingencies already worked into its structure, even though the perfect airhead could still blow it up.I’m beginning to take a shine to “full-proof,” even though it’s a neologistic hypercorrection of “foolproof,” because it actually seems to fit current usage more accurately.or it could be used to indicate a high content of alcohol.