I Think Lawyers Had Something to Do With This
It's all coming together now! I always wondered where the strange "propensity" for unnecessary quotation marks "came from." In this case, I believe it limits liability. As our friends at The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks suggest, if the building owner implies that their property is "safe-ish," you won't be able to sue if an asbestos-laden board falls on your noggin.
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