[Ads-l] perseverate

[Dan Goncharoff]

What stimulus had ceased? Seems to me the guy is still interested in
gadgets, so the stimulus continues.

I still contend it was a neat-sounding word that was completely misused.

DanG

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I think it *is* correct. Or, at least, I think the Oxford Dict. of Amer.
> English thinks it's correct:
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> Definition of perseverate in English
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> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/perseverate
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> :
> verb
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> [no object] Psychology
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> Repeat or prolong an action, thought, or utterance after the stimulus that
> prompted it has ceased.
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> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I read the following in an article about 'Bitcoin Boy' at nymag.com:
> > "...and perseverating about gadgets to weary family members."
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> > I don't think this is a correct usage of an obscure psychological term.
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