Sarah Palin: SAVIOUR of the GOP!

I dont know why everyone is so caught up in using words that dont exist, you knew what she ment dident you?
 
RStringfield said:
Who cares? I thought her cover was pretty clever and showed wit. She's right. Word's are often born from error. Consider, American Indians.
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Or even "antidisestablishmentarianism" or "normalcy"...

It's actually quite accepted, I'll ask my PhD (English Professor) MIL who actually gave me the official term that speaks to its acceptability.

Refudiate wouldn't quite fit into that one. But "antidisestablishmentarianism" would. (BTW - Normalcy, coined by Warren G. Harding, also wouldn't fit.)

Basically, words are often used by very educated people that are not in the dictionary, but when taken as a whole do give meaning.

One could never say "neoconservative" or "neoliberal", for instance, if such things were not true.
 
Damocles said:
Or even "antidisestablishmentarianism" or "normalcy"...

It's actually quite accepted, I'll ask my PhD (English Professor) MIL who actually gave me the official term that speaks to its acceptability.

Refudiate wouldn't quite fit into that one. But "antidisestablishmentarianism" would. (BTW - Normalcy, coined by Warren G. Harding, also wouldn't fit.)

Basically, words are often used by very educated people that are not in the dictionary, but when taken as a whole do give meaning.

One could never say "neoconservative" or "neoliberal", for instance, if such things were not true.
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Found it. It is "neologism"...

Neologisms are formed usually by combining words, either nouns or adjectives, or by giving words prefixes or suffixes that they otherwise would not use. Other commonly understood neologisms would be: McJob, McMansion, Bushesque, Bushism, Obamism, Orwellian (probably no longer a neologism by now), cyberspace, teh interwebs...
 
Damocles said:
Found it. It is "neologism"...

Neologisms are formed usually by combining words, either nouns or adjectives, or by giving words prefixes or suffixes that they otherwise would not use.
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Using words that don't exist because you erroneously think they are real words is quite a different matter from consciously coining new terms.
 
NigelTufnel said:
Using words that don't exist because you erroneously think they are real words is quite a different matter from consciously coining new terms.
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I fully understand. I only speak to the reality, some words come into regular usage from such "mistakes"... This would not properly be a "neologism" at this point. I've only seen it used twice. Once on fp.com, and now here by Sarah.
 
Jarod said:
I dont know why everyone is so caught up in using words that dont exist, you knew what she ment dident you?
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Yes. She meant to say refute. Just like most people who say irregardless mean to say regardless....

However, the horribly concocted irregardless is now considered a neologism (and found in many dictionaries) due to so many people making the same error...
 
Damocles said:
I think they are:

1. The State of Confusion
2. The State of Red Tape
3. The State of Bad Policy
4. The State of Government Corruption
5. The State of Media Control
6. The State of Big Government Socialism
7. The State of Nannyism
8. The State of Bad Insurance Enforcement
9. The State of Incrementalism
and...
10. The State where they build those newfangled Teleprompters...

And that all those jobs were created in the 60th State, the one that builds the Teleprompters.
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This is awesome Damo
state of confusion
state of red tape
this is one of your best ever
how bout state of denial:clink:
 
Its hard to say its "wrong" or "right" when the intent was clear. I know there are people who study language and publish a dictionary that gives "the language" but come on, the language is simply a tool to communicate, and thus I say, use any wordage that does that, and if you successfully communicated your intent.... how can you have been wrong?

Before you attack me, I understand that its different in legal writing, contracts and memorandums to the Court and stuff like that.
 
ZappasGuitar said:
She's coming to save the GOP in 2012...but why does she act like all the other Righties?

NOW I understand where all the partisan Rightie hacks on these boards first realized being wrong doesn't mean having to admit they made a mistake...



FromHuffPo:

After Sarah Palin's Twitter shoutout to William Shakespeare, the question arose -- what types of things would Palin say if she wrote like Shakespeare all the time?

It all started with this tweet from Palin: "Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate."

But refudiate is not a word.

Palin deleted the tweet, posted a follow-up using 'refute' instead, and then addressed critics with this tweet: ""Refudiate," "misunderestimate," "wee-wee'd up." English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!"
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Now I am done defending her for using refudiate. I will point out that her statement makes no sense!!!

She asked a question and then asked a group to refuidate that question? How do you refute a question?

What she said might convey a feeling, but it was idiotic and nothing that can be refuted.
 
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