Lautremont
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Thu Mar-29-07 09:43 AM
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"I mean, there's no one more incentivized than the Iraqis." |
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Edited on Thu Mar-29-07 09:50 AM by Lautremont
This is a quote from Dana Perino, the acting Press Secretary, speaking in yesterday's press briefing. We talk about the level of discourse, particularly on the Administration side, but did anyone realize it was actually this low? Making egregious points using stupid, made-up words? I mean, that's pathetic.
edit: misundespellimified a word!
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Thu Mar-29-07 09:45 AM
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1. hey that's a perfectly cromulent word |
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I was incentivized once. I guess it wasn't too bad but that tube got uncomfortable after a while. Bryant Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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Thu Mar-29-07 09:54 AM
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5. I thought the exact same thing. |
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Damn Simpsons have ruined my imagination :rofl:
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Thu Mar-29-07 09:46 AM
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2. The problem is, it's only that the Iraq argument is ultracentral to our |
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Edited on Thu Mar-29-07 09:46 AM by Old Crusoe
national need spectrum, and that the liberal Democrat Party has, you know, polyfractured the dust-up.
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Thu Mar-29-07 09:47 AM
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3. Are you casting asparagus again? |
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;) If so, then you are the apitamy of screwn. Do try not to get your patties all waded up - I'm series! :P This is HUGH.
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Thu Mar-29-07 09:49 AM
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4. I will be incentivized |
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Thu Mar-29-07 10:01 AM
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7. She's learned from the best... |
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Thu Mar-29-07 11:06 AM
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8. Apparently Random House puts its origins in the |
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late 1960s. Essentially, "provide an incentive to".
Not a word I like--up there with "to impact" and "to repurpose"--but one I've heard often enough among college administrators and businessfolk over the last 20 years. Since usage determines what's correct in a language, in democratic (but apparently not Democratic) fashion I accept that the word exists.
But it offends your sensitive, conservative ears, substitute "motivate". It was coined a hundred years before "incentivize", so it must be ok.
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Thu Mar-29-07 12:13 PM
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9. If Dick Gephardt uses the word, it must be real. |
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