http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/11/like_piranhas_o.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/11/like_piranhas_o.html/comment-page-1#comment-46264 Pillar Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:26:32 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/11/piranhas-on-a-barracuda-the-ownership-society-in-a-nutshell.html#comment-46264 Andrew, I love your analogy, and was irritated by the same tic, but the more likely explanation is some kind of verbosity-cum-pseudo-sophistication that network newsfolk are now trafficking in. double the number of syllables and you must be saying something more profound! of course, professors deserve to be mocked for the same thing (and in all seriousness they probably should be), but somehow the anchor who utters it has elevated himself. Andrew, I love your analogy, and was irritated by the same tic, but the more likely explanation is some kind of verbosity-cum-pseudo-sophistication that network newsfolk are now trafficking in. double the number of syllables and you must be saying something more profound! of course, professors deserve to be mocked for the same thing (and in all seriousness they probably should be), but somehow the anchor who utters it has elevated himself.

]]> http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/11/like_piranhas_o.html/comment-page-1#comment-46263 Andrew Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:12:25 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/11/piranhas-on-a-barracuda-the-ownership-society-in-a-nutshell.html#comment-46263 I can't get over the repeated use of the word "knowledgability" instead of the simpler word with the same meaning that is actually part of the English language, "knowledge." Or is knowledgability:knowledge :: truthiness:truth? I can’t get over the repeated use of the word “knowledgability” instead of the simpler word with the same meaning that is actually part of the English language, “knowledge.” Or is knowledgability:knowledge :: truthiness:truth?

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