By Clara Dix, R.N.

HIGHLY UNIQUE:  Unique means one of a kind, or the only one.  We have no other word like it, so unique is a unique word.  It shouldn't be wasted when you mean something different.  When the linguistically impaired commit very unique, most unique and similar abuses, they mean highly unusual, extremely unusual and the like.  Try to be understanding.  At the Institute's Willam Safire Hall, patients are cured of this with mild electrical therapy.