TEA PARTY TO AMERICA: NOW WHAT?!

One measure of insanity is the constant use of neologisms and nonsense phrases.
Sorta like H2O "man".

farmerman wrote:

One measure of insanity is the constant use of neologisms and nonsense phrases.
Sorta like H2O "man".

I believe that Bill Shakespeare has gotten credit
as being the foremost neologist of the English language.


Perhaps u wish to impugn his mental health ?





David

I'd say farmer is probably using neologism in its OTHER sense, David, "a meaningless word coined by a psychotic"--take another look at your dictionary. He's right on the money there. Pretty good description of ican too, and the silly string of acronyms he keeps coining that nobody else ever uses.

Lemme see, now: how does this work ??
By definition, before a word exists,
it can have no definition.

According to u, (or to the reasoning of your dictionary)
this creativity is (or shoud be) confined to those citizens
of grossly defective mental health (out of touch with reality) ?
Hence, in order to coin a (new) word,
a man must sacrifice his sanity ????

According to u, (or to the reasoning of your dictionary)
this creativity is (or shoud be) confined to those citizens
of grossly defective mental health (out of touch with reality) ?
Hence, in order to coin a (new) word,
a man must sacrifice his sanity ????

Dont try to think it out too long Dave, youre head will explode.

"neologisms" as a description of words used by psychotics also has the same route as any other . The differences are that a"neologism" mau serve a purpose in the spoken language (thats why it was initially proposed), In the realm of the psychotic the word only means something to the speaker,

and the speaker uses it to exhaustion (sorta like H2O and gungasnake).
Smart guy like you should have no trouble in coming up with several words with multiple wide definitions.

How the House GOP promise to cut $100b became $32b

However, when taking a closer look at the budget numbers, the actual savings found in the GOP plan equals $32 billion.

...
The fact that the savings only amount to $32 billion -- and not $100 billion -- is going to surely upset many conservative Tea Party members.

The Republican Study Committee, the ideological conservative faction of the House GOP conference, has been adamant that there be $100 billion dollars in cuts for fiscal year 2011.

When asked where might the Appropriations Committee look to find savings, House Republican Budget Committee staffers were quick to say that under the Obama administration, the Environmental Protection Agency has seen its budget triple, and Republicans would "examine" that agency.

By definition, before a word exists,
it can have no definition.
When a neologist (universally including ALL neologists,
of all degrees of mental health) defines a new word,
he then gives it a new meaning,

According to u, (or to the reasoning of your dictionary)
this creativity is (or shoud be) confined to those citizens
of grossly defective mental health (out of touch with reality) ?

By definition, before a word exists,
it can have no definition.
When a neologist (universally including ALL neologists,
of all degrees of mental health) defines a new word,
he then gives it a new meaning,

I normally do not like colored fonts. However, your post is illogical and I saw the need
to accent the word that makes it illogical.

If no word existed, then the creation of a word where there was none
does not make the definition of said word new.

Attorney? Member of Mensa?

According to u, (or to the reasoning of your dictionary)
this creativity is (or shoud be) confined to those citizens
of grossly defective mental health (out of touch with reality) ?

Here, although this is also an example of illogic, it is, more to the point,
an example of diminished reading ability.

* Awful - Originally meant "inspiring wonder (or fear)". It is a portmanteau of the words "awe" and "full", used originally as a shortening for "full of awe". In contemporary usage the word has taken on an entirely negative meaning.
* Demagogue - Originally meant "a popular leader". It is from the Greek demagogos (leader of the people), from demos (people) + agogos (leader). Now the word has strong connotations of a politician who panders to emotions and prejudice.
* Democrat - At the time of the American Revolution, the term "democrat" had all the negative connotations of the modern usage of the word "demagogue". A century later, the term had shifted in meaning enough that it was viewed favorably as the name of an American national political party.[citation needed]
* Egregious - Originally described something that was remarkably good. The word is from the Latin egregius (outstanding) which is from e-, ex- (out of) + greg- or grex (flock). Now it means something that is remarkably bad or flagrant.
* Guy - Guido (Guy) Fawkes was the alleged leader of a plot to blow up the English Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605. The burning on 5 November of a grotesque effigy of Fawkes, known as a "guy," led to the use of the word "guy" as a term for any "person of grotesque appearance" and then to a general reference for a man, as in "some guy called for you." In the 20th century, under the influence of American popular culture, "guy" has been gradually replacing "fellow," "bloke," "chap" and other such words throughout the English-speaking world, and, in the plural, can refer to a mixture of genders (e.g., "Come on, you guys!" could be directed to a group of men and women).
* Gay - Originally meant feelings of being "carefree", "happy", or "bright and showy"; it had also come to acquire some connotations of "immorality" as early as 1637. The term later began to be used in reference to homosexuality, in particular, from the early 20th century, a usage that may have dated prior to the 19th century.

If you have to ask the question,
you just don't understand the issues for gays.