When one dealt with the inner workings of the Empire for any length of time, one became a bit gun - shy about using phrases like “unbelievable.” 4

4 A perusal of archived Empire records reveal that other red flags were: “Impossible,” “Illogical,” “He wouldn’t dare,” and the all - time favorite: “…couldn’t possibly be that stupid”

— Agatha H. and the voice of the castle by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio (A girl genius novel -- 3) (4%)