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semanticklish
One who revels in the folly of semantic play and gets mildly to extremely aroused when hearing dangling modifiers, innuendos, past participles or phrases like: "eats, shoots and leaves."
A cunning linguist often gets semanticklish when his innuendo reveals a smaller than average dangling modifier.
semanticklish by team grammatard February 15, 2010
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Semantic Satiation
That moment when you repeat a word many times to the point it has no meaning and it feels odd to pronounce it.
Semantic Satiation by Interius July 16, 2021
prostitutive semanticization
1. v. (eg. prostitutively semanticize) To throw around a term or concept until it loses all meaning.
2. n. Use of a term or concept so as to misrepresent oneself as embodying the concept or term. Phony auto-ennobling.
3. v. To attempt a meme-seed inception by repetition and amplification (usually through the distributive media).
4. n. Overuse or abuse of terms or concepts.
Most commonly used by politicians to forward a particular agenda or get a particular candidate elected. But also used quite heavily in religion.
Distinguishes itself from outright attention-whoring usually by its subtlety or its assumption of the self-evidence of the virtuosity of its terms or concepts.
2. n. Use of a term or concept so as to misrepresent oneself as embodying the concept or term. Phony auto-ennobling.
3. v. To attempt a meme-seed inception by repetition and amplification (usually through the distributive media).
4. n. Overuse or abuse of terms or concepts.
Most commonly used by politicians to forward a particular agenda or get a particular candidate elected. But also used quite heavily in religion.
Distinguishes itself from outright attention-whoring usually by its subtlety or its assumption of the self-evidence of the virtuosity of its terms or concepts.
Alex: Did you see that Tea Party rally? I have never seen such an obscene spectacle of prostitutive semanticization in my entire life.
Sarah: I know, right? I went to it as a gag and I didn't take away anything meaningful at all from it. The word 'freedom' was thrown around so much, I don't know what it means anymore! And all those references to Hitler! Why does everybody do that every time they encounter someone they don't like?
Sarah: I know, right? I went to it as a gag and I didn't take away anything meaningful at all from it. The word 'freedom' was thrown around so much, I don't know what it means anymore! And all those references to Hitler! Why does everybody do that every time they encounter someone they don't like?
prostitutive semanticization by DEDC June 8, 2012
semantics
My understanding of the term "semantics" is that words can be manipulated to influence human thought and action. Mr. George Orwell had a good grasp of the concept, for example "Newspeak". Please look up "semantics" in a dictionary for a more professional definition.
semantics by Friend of Tell March 7, 2009
Smarticals
A: In reference to having multiple smarts in your head, as related to the brain cell.
B: A collection of smarts in the cranium.
C: One being of sound mind.
See also: Smartical, Smarts, Brain,
Note: Often used in sarcasm.
B: A collection of smarts in the cranium.
C: One being of sound mind.
See also: Smartical, Smarts, Brain,
Note: Often used in sarcasm.
"If you hit your head on that wall again you're going to lose more of your smarticals!"
"I do have smarticals! I ace all of my classes!"
"I do have smarticals! I ace all of my classes!"
Smarticals by Torphius March 7, 2009
semantics
Riley: "Barack Obama is Irish!"
MacDonagh: "Well, his great-great-grandfather was born in Ireland and emigrated to the US, but Obama himself was not born in Ireland, did not grow up in Ireland and has never lived in Ireland ... Does he have an Irish passport?"
Riley: "That's just semantics. Obama is Irish!"
MacDonagh: "Well, his great-great-grandfather was born in Ireland and emigrated to the US, but Obama himself was not born in Ireland, did not grow up in Ireland and has never lived in Ireland ... Does he have an Irish passport?"
Riley: "That's just semantics. Obama is Irish!"