Comments | dr_whom: "Sanction" is a terrible word

dr_whom

"Sanction" is a terrible word

May 06, 2016 13:27

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q10 May 7 2016, 00:02:12 UTC

I guessed right, but it really is a terrible word.

Also bitter about the UK/US situation with the verb 'table'.

inthelemonlight May 8 2016, 02:36:35 UTC

Same as q10.

swan_tower May 8 2016, 20:08:25 UTC

Yeah, words should not be allowed to mean both one thing and its opposite.

Now to go read the article and find out which of the two possibilities is actually what's going on.

swan_tower May 8 2016, 20:09:32 UTC

And, having clicked through, it appears they've reworded the headline to get rid of the ambiguity. Now the verb is "penalize."

dr_whom May 8 2016, 20:12:35 UTC

Oh, good for them.

anonymous May 9 2016, 13:29:03 UTC

I found a new of these the other day: "reciprocal". Compare:

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. (Samuel Johnson)

...the pressures and expansions [volumes] to be in reciprocal relation. (Boyle, stating his gas law)

David S.