Friday, May 25, 2012
Language update for May
Professor Polistra returns with a small bucket of verbal shit picked up in the press and media lately.
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Artisanal:
This one is spreading like wildfire. The meaning is something like "made by hand" or "designed to fool you into thinking it was made by hand."
Pronunciation isn't quite settled yet.
In one discussion on NPR, Prof P heard two competing patterns:
"...the early '90s, which I would call the arTISS'nal bread-baking boom..."
"...the arTIZ'nal seven grain bread is going to be a lot more than the plain white bread."
Example of a slightly offbase usage:
"The snappily-named research paper, 'The structure of a bottlenose dolphin society is coupled to a unique foraging cooperation with artisanal fishermen', reports on the relationship."
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Distinctly Enabled:
Yet another absurd euphemism for crippled.
See it in this clip.
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Prioritize:
Formerly meant ranking the items on a list according to importance. The direct object of prioritize was a list or agenda. Now it means to place this item as #1 on the priority list. The direct object is the top item, not the list.
"I don't think it makes sense to prioritize tax cuts for millionaires...."
...Obama's Saturday radio message 5/5/2012
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Legit: Not clear if the meaning is different from the full word. It seems to have a snappier flavor if not a unique denotation.
Big in the Seems legit meme.
Cute use in an AccuWeather blooper clip.
From an NWS forecast discussion:
"At this point I`ve just raised PoPs for the Panhandle and southeast WA, not completely buying into the latest runs yet. The ECMWF gives us a one day event, as much of the Pacific trough dives into the desert Southwest as a cut off low. And this seems perfectly legit."
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Hail Mary:
Obviously not new, but an odd repeated usage in one specific case. Prof P has heard several media reports about the trial of some priest or bishop in Philadelphia. Each time the reporter said that the defense tactic of calling the defendant to testify was a "Hail Mary". If nothing else this shows the complete disconnect between religion and the Satanist media; they don't realize that Hail Mary had a meaning before football.
Removing the football stuff, it's an accidentally perfect explanation. Rome constantly falls into gross corruption because it constantly practices a corrupt form of forgiveness. Say 100 Hail Marys and you're forgiven. Other religions don't play that game. Serious Muslims, Orthodox Jews, and fundamentalist Protestants believe God means what he says. Obey or else. Only Catholics think they can sneak out of punishment by paying money or saying words.
Professor Polistra returns with a small bucket of verbal shit picked up in the press and media lately.
= = = = =
Artisanal:
This one is spreading like wildfire. The meaning is something like "made by hand" or "designed to fool you into thinking it was made by hand."
Pronunciation isn't quite settled yet.
In one discussion on NPR, Prof P heard two competing patterns:
"...the early '90s, which I would call the arTISS'nal bread-baking boom..."
"...the arTIZ'nal seven grain bread is going to be a lot more than the plain white bread."
Example of a slightly offbase usage:
"The snappily-named research paper, 'The structure of a bottlenose dolphin society is coupled to a unique foraging cooperation with artisanal fishermen', reports on the relationship."
= = = = =
Distinctly Enabled:
Yet another absurd euphemism for crippled.
See it in this clip.
= = = = =
Prioritize:
Formerly meant ranking the items on a list according to importance. The direct object of prioritize was a list or agenda. Now it means to place this item as #1 on the priority list. The direct object is the top item, not the list.
"I don't think it makes sense to prioritize tax cuts for millionaires...."
...Obama's Saturday radio message 5/5/2012
= = = = =
Legit: Not clear if the meaning is different from the full word. It seems to have a snappier flavor if not a unique denotation.
Big in the Seems legit meme.
Cute use in an AccuWeather blooper clip.
From an NWS forecast discussion:
"At this point I`ve just raised PoPs for the Panhandle and southeast WA, not completely buying into the latest runs yet. The ECMWF gives us a one day event, as much of the Pacific trough dives into the desert Southwest as a cut off low. And this seems perfectly legit."
= = = = =
Hail Mary:
Obviously not new, but an odd repeated usage in one specific case. Prof P has heard several media reports about the trial of some priest or bishop in Philadelphia. Each time the reporter said that the defense tactic of calling the defendant to testify was a "Hail Mary". If nothing else this shows the complete disconnect between religion and the Satanist media; they don't realize that Hail Mary had a meaning before football.
Removing the football stuff, it's an accidentally perfect explanation. Rome constantly falls into gross corruption because it constantly practices a corrupt form of forgiveness. Say 100 Hail Marys and you're forgiven. Other religions don't play that game. Serious Muslims, Orthodox Jews, and fundamentalist Protestants believe God means what he says. Obey or else. Only Catholics think they can sneak out of punishment by paying money or saying words.
Labels: Language update
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