Consequence, as a verb

[Jonathan Lighter]

To "consequence" isn't "politically correct," it's just stupid!

One thing that makes it stupid is its vagueness: it doesn't = "punish" or "discipline," particularly, it's just a mealy-mouthed way of getting out of saying one or the other. It means
"give, oh, I dunno, consequences, I guess.  Is that OK?"

Fiske and I may be consequenced for this view with cruel caricatures now and the ridicule of the English-speakers (if any) of the 22rd century.

Tough.

JL

Robert Hartwell Fiske <Vocabula at AOL.COM> wrote:
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In a message dated 1/27/2005 12:35:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,=20
flanigan at OHIOU.EDU writes:
Well, now I can see why Fiske's dictionary itself might be disagreeable.
Yeah? Well, I'm no fan of Flanigan ... (Fiske himself is far more=20
disagreeable than his dictionary)



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