rehmwa 2 #126 May 12, 2005 QuoteQuotedysfunctional that word shows up in Merriam-Webster......... prob'ly, but only because it eventually ended up there because of it common usage ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #127 May 12, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuotedysfunctional that word shows up in Merriam-Webster......... prob'ly, but only because it eventually ended up there because of it common usage No really. It is a word. The adjective form of disfunction. When you look it up at dictionary.com, it has definitions. However, thusly and irregardless are listed as "nonstandard" words or variants and there is a short paragraph telling of their origin and why they are wrong.Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GTAVercetti 0 #128 May 12, 2005 QuoteI hate when people don't know the meaning of ironic. Not everything that's funny is ironic. I wrote a blog about that once. It is hilarious how many of them same people who point out that Alanis Morisette's song is NOT ironic, yet they can't actually define it themselves. Which is NOT ironic to me, because I EXPECTED that to happen. Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #129 May 13, 2005 QuoteQuoteThe troops on the ground who are paying the price did not start this war. Absolutly right. But they wanted to become soldiers and now have to deal with the consequences.. and Germany NEVER started WAR/S?? (nice try) look in your own back yard and get back to me._______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #130 May 13, 2005 Yea, but what do you REALLY think?When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #131 May 13, 2005 QuoteBut, dammit, those boys and girls are over there fighting for US...you and me, and all the rest of us reading this forum. They are putting their lives on the line for us...only to see the newspapers and newscasts running them down, day after day. I've said it bfore, and I'll say it again. Not that it will make one iota of difference. The US military in Iraq is doing nothing for me, other than acting as a recruiting tool for terrorists and increasing my tax burden. They're not fighting for my interests out there in any way, shape or form. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #132 May 13, 2005 Quote It isn't about agreeing with or even supporting THE WAR.. It's about supporting the troops.. Maybe you read that? Rhino I did, and it should be fairly obvious to anyone with a basic reading comprehension that I don't. That clear enough now ? Righty ho, back to drinking..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #133 May 13, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuotedysfunctional that word shows up in Merriam-Webster......... yup, dysfunctional is a word with an actual definiton. Now, if we are talking words that are real that I don't like, I would have to say one of my biggest is ironical. Just say ironic fer chrissake. Burglarized... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #134 May 13, 2005 What have you got against "burglarize?"witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #135 May 14, 2005 QuoteWhat have you got against "burglarize?" It means to burgle, done by a burglar (not a burglarizer), and when it happens to you, your house has been burgled. I suppose you'd approve of our sport, conducted by skydivers, being called "skydiverizing". Or "the murder victim was shooterized", or "the HSA people at the airport inspectorized my carry-on baggage".... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #137 May 15, 2005 Etymology of burglarize burglarize - to commit burglary burglary - the act of a burglar burglar - (common law) a person who enters into the dwelling of another with intent to commit a felony Burgle (1872) is a hideous back-formationwitty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n23x 0 #138 May 15, 2005 What can I say? I don't go to readin' n' writin' school. My most humble apologies. .jim"Don't touch my fucking Easter eggs, I'll be back monday." ~JTFC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #139 May 15, 2005 Hi, my 2p worth... Both burglarize & burgle are correct terms for the same thing. burglarize (or even burglarise) = (verb) North American English burgle = (verb) English, English A source . (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #140 May 15, 2005 QuoteEtymology of burglarize burglarize - to commit burglary burglary - the act of a burglar burglar - (common law) a person who enters into the dwelling of another with intent to commit a felony Burgle (1872) is a hideous back-formation You can writerize all you want about "burglarize", but verbizing is hideous and uglyizes the language. As William Safire so astutely wrote in his Rules for Writers, "don't verb nouns".... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #141 May 15, 2005 Ha. Ha. Ha. and oh yes, Ha. I suppose you despise the terms Terrorize, Cauterize, and other -IZE words. Wonderful. Go ahead and show us the correct form of these "verbed nouns."witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #142 May 15, 2005 QuoteHa. Ha. Ha. and oh yes, Ha. I suppose you despise the terms Terrorize, Cauterize, and other -IZE words. Wonderful. Go ahead and show us the correct form of these "verbed nouns." Terrify, sear... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #143 May 15, 2005 QuoteQuoteHa. Ha. Ha. and oh yes, Ha. I suppose you despise the terms Terrorize, Cauterize, and other -IZE words. Wonderful. Go ahead and show us the correct form of these "verbed nouns." Terrify, sear So you think terrify means the same thing as terrorize, and sear means the same thing as cauterize? Not to self: never, ever, take english advice from kallend ever again I expected better from you, professor. terrify - to fill with fear, to frighten terrorize - to commit terrorist acts against, to coerce by violence or intimidation cauterize - to seal a wound with heat or cold, to make insensitive sear - to make hot and dry, to char a surface, so superficially burn, singe Just because you might use one word to replace another in one instance does not mean they are the same word and one is useless, reptitive, or redundant. And there's a perfect example, do you think useless, reptitive, and redundant all mean the same thing just because they can be used in the same situation? edit to add What are terrify, and quantify, other than "verbed nouns?" Are verbed nouns using IFY acceptable to you, but those using IZE are not?witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
