[Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: shocked = 'pleasantly surprised' (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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> And presumably the "shock jocks" think they're administering beneficial shocks, although the shockees may disagree...
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> LH

Randall P. McMurphy may also have thoughts on the matter.  Muddled ones, to be sure, but thoughts nonetheless.


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> > On Jun 18, 2016, at 4:40 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> > Ah, but your adduced exx. suggest that you recognize subliminally that
> > this usage is a little weird, especially in this instance.
> >
> > Possibly you'll be more impressed when I say that "positive _shock_"
> > is now everywhere in the media.
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> > JL
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> >>> On Jun 18, 2016, at 3:27 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> >>> A lady in a commercial has just had her DNA tested so as to discover
> >>> her true essence.
> >>>
> >>> "The most shocking result was I'm 26% Native American!"
> >>>
> >>> Time was that would have been an obviously racist remark.
> >>>
> >>> JL
> >>
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