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Word For The Day, Thursday, January 10, 2013 – pseudology
dictionaries ad nauseam
| 10 January 2013
| Thursday's sub
Posted on 01/10/2013 4:38:28 AM PST by secret garden
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".
pseudology \soo-DOL-uh-jee\ , noun
The art of lying.
Example sentences:
For example, listening to the life history account of András Albert, a Transylvanian lumberman, the outsider may wonder how to distinguish fact from fiction, poetry from lie, and how to regard the relationship between pseudology and storytelling.
-- Linda Dégh, Narratives in Society
So many people would love to get their hands on a machine that can inhibit pseudology, mendacity and falsehood. The police, Intelligence services, all sorts and conditions of interested agencies and institutions.
-- Stephen Fry, The Liar
Etymology:
Pseudology comes from two Greek roots, pseudo- meaning "false" and –logy meaning "study of." The word does not literally mean "the study of lying" but has come to embody the sense of "the art of lying."
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
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01/10/2013 4:39:34 AM PST
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secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden; Fierce Allegiance; Jack Deth; K4Harty; miskie; Dutchgirl; cardinal4; MoochPooch; ...
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posted on
01/10/2013 4:40:25 AM PST
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secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
That’s peculiar. I only hit post once.
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posted on
01/10/2013 4:42:59 AM PST
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secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
Democrats have perfected the art of pseudology.
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posted on
01/10/2013 4:44:06 AM PST
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monocle
To: secret garden
Although we don’t know much about the Lyin’ King’s Formal Education, we can assume that he has an advanced degree in Pseudology.
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posted on
01/10/2013 4:45:25 AM PST
by
left that other site
(Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
To: secret garden
...one of the traits of our current president
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01/10/2013 4:46:20 AM PST
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Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: monocle
A for you and welcome to WFTD!
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posted on
01/10/2013 4:53:52 AM PST
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secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: secret garden
That’s peculiar. I only hit post once. We have a pseudologist among us.
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posted on
01/10/2013 4:54:11 AM PST
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ClearCase_guy
(Nothing will change until after the war.)
To: secret garden
The (undocumented) Doctor of Pseudology is in.
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posted on
01/10/2013 4:54:24 AM PST
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Diogenesis
(Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
To: left that other site
We'll never see the transcript though. A for you.
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posted on
01/10/2013 4:54:46 AM PST
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secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: Doogle
Thank you for your service and welcome to WFTD!
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posted on
01/10/2013 4:56:08 AM PST
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secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: Doogle; secret garden
"...one of the traits of our current president" His true nature is one of deception.
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posted on
01/10/2013 4:57:10 AM PST
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NicknamedBob
(When you've forgotten your drink, you've had enough! ... Unless it's coffee -- then you need more!!)
To: secret garden
Pseudology is rampant in politics, mostly on the Democrat side.
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posted on
01/10/2013 4:58:04 AM PST
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YepYep
(Build the America you want at your address, and keep looking up. --Sarah Palin)
To: secret garden
Liberals have perfected the art of pseudology, but conservatives have facts. The left claims we don't need automatic weapons, or that limited ammunition in a gun will save lives. Who's? This criminal broke into a house, followed the wife and children through three locked doors into a crawl space. She was on the phone with her husband and he advised her that if the man opened the last door to start shooting. He did and she unloaded. She shot him with all her ammo and he was still able to get up and walk away. She needed more ammo...what if he was still coming after them?
Discussion here.
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posted on
01/10/2013 4:58:44 AM PST
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tioga
To: tioga; secret garden
"She was on the phone with her husband and he advised her that if the man opened the last door to start shooting. He did and she unloaded. She shot him with all her ammo and he was still able to get up and walk away. She needed more ammo...what if he was still coming after them?" Shootology?
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01/10/2013 5:03:09 AM PST
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NicknamedBob
(When you've forgotten your drink, you've had enough! ... Unless it's coffee -- then you need more!!)
To: NicknamedBob
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01/10/2013 5:10:05 AM PST
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tioga
To: ClearCase_guy
A for you, wise guy.
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01/10/2013 5:22:45 AM PST
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secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: Diogenesis
So many names for him, so little time. A+ for you!
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01/10/2013 5:24:05 AM PST
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secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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