Re: CHAT "intentionally self-deceptive false rationalization"
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 17, 1999, 22:05 |
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At 14:20 -0400 17.5.1999, Brian Betty wrote:
>"ObConlang: Does anyone's lang have a simple word for "intentionally
>self-deceptive false rationalization"? Our politicians would need such a
>word! >;)"
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>Here in the US we have such a word. Wank. Or in polite society, 'mental
>masturbation.' But istfr looks like a Swedish word to me ...
Not to me it doesn't! Breaks at least three phonotactic rules. The
Swedish equiv to "wank" is _runk_, but I don't think it stands any chance
of getting accepted or understood in the sense of "mental masturbation".
I'm not sure I would like to promote it, BTW.
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B.Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> <melroch@...>
Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant!
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