Posted on 02/06/2012 7:18:41 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 2/6/12
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
"begs the question"
"Begging the question" is a form of logical fallacy in which a statement or claim is assumed to be true without evidence other than the statement or claim itself. When one begs the question, the initial assumption of a statement is treated as already proven without any logic to show why the statement is true in the first place. A simple example would be "I think he is unattractive because he is ugly." The adjective "ugly" does not explain why the subject is "unattractive" -- they virtually amount to the same subjective meaning, and the proof is merely a restatement of the premise. The sentence has begged the question. To beg the question does not mean "to raise the question." (e.g. "It begs the question, why is he so dumb?") This is a common error of usage made by those who mistake the word "question" in the phrase to refer to a literal question. Sadly, the error has grown more and more common with time, such that even journalists, advertisers, and major mass media entities have fallen prey to "BTQ Abuse."
While descriptivists and other such laissez-faire linguists are content to allow the misconception to fall into the vernacular, it cannot be denied that logic and philosophy stand to lose an important conceptual label should the meaning of BTQ become diluted to the point that we must constantly distinguish between the traditional usage and the erroneous "modern" usage. This is why we fight
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
bmlb.
How can you not have ever been in a f***ng car and hear that insipid Eddie Money verse.
I altered the song slightly once.. play the song while reading this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbhXmSBlS_U
Easy Money- Shot my phone tonight
AArrgh! AAArgh!
I feel an anger, It’s hung over.
It tries to keep a man awake at night.
Why did I answer? I should wonder.
Telemarketer is a parasite.
Voice over poison, you’re releasing
It isn’t safe to go and get the phone.
Antacids running through me.
I gotta pee and get my gun.
I can feel your fear
I can hear you talking faster....
SHOT MY PHONE TONIGHT!
I don’t want to let go till I shoot on sight.
SHOT MY PHONE TONIGHT!
Easy money
Just like Johnny said, “Got my Bruno Magli’s!”
I can’t see in all this darkness
Got memories, I hate to speak alone.
I hear them come for me, I stubbed my toe.
To keep me sane when I shoot the phone.....
I can feel your fear
I can hear you talking faster....
SHOT MY PHONE TONIGHT!
I don’t want to let go till I shoot on sight.
SHOT MY PHONE TONIGHT!
Easy money
Just like Johnny said, “Got my Bruno Magli’s!”
“Got my Bruno Magli’s!”
Just like Johnny said.
Just like Johnny said, “Got my Bruno Magli’s!”
Big starling!
I feel an anger
It’s hung over....
SHOT MY PHONE TONIGHT!
I don’t want to let go till I shoot on sight.
SHOT MY PHONE TONIGHT!
Easy money
Just like Johnny said, “Got my Bruno Magli’s!”
SHOT MY PHONE TONIGHT!
I don’t want to let go till I shoot on sight.
SHOT MY PHONE TONIGHT!
Easy money
Just like Johnny said, “Got my Bruno Magli’s!”
Big starling!
SHOT MY PHONE TONIGHT!
I don’t want to let go till I shoot on sight.
SHOT MY PHONE TONIGHT!
Easy money
Just like Johnny said, “Got my Bruno Magli’s!”
“Got my Bruno Magli’s!”
bmlb? it’s on my ipod, darling : ) my kids constantly say what other 55 yo woman has Drowning Pool, NIN, Donnie Iris, Rick Astley, 50cent, Nelly, Los Illegales AND russian rap songs, among others, on their ipod? xsjr said she’d disown me if i put Backstreet Boys on, but hey, Backstreet’s back, alright~! it’s on there. so is LMFAO, every day i’m shuffling ; )
THAT is HILARIOUS! are you channeling weird Al or what?? the song is fresh in my mind bc i listened to it this AM, so i could read the words and hear it in my mind! great job A++++
Let’s just say I wrote it awhile ago after getting four calls from the same telemarketer.
Be my little beby.....
..I also redid “Venus” to be ‘Bobbit’ as in Loreena Bobbit...
..and Kyrie by Mister Mister became ‘Tammy Faye’ by Master Master.
And my sis redid “Head Games” By Foreigner...
I can never listen to a song and hear the real lyrics.
NIN.....Oil City’s own......
and “That’s the Way Love Oughta Be” by Donnie Iris may be the best song EVER.
Billy Ocean “Caribbean Queen”
Sounded like he was saying “Caribou Queen”.
ooooh, those clothes!
HOTT! ; )
Comes up every day at the grocery store..paper or plastic?.....begs the question.
Of course here you get plastic no matter but it is nice to have the choice offered.
A+++ either it’s because the classroom was posted late or people are intimidated by Truthy’s device, but you are only the second taker on the homework, and for that you get props along with your grade!
go along to the theater dept and see what they have left over from the last production....
what a gorgeous cake!
what a classless and stupid b-word she is. good grief. A+++
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