[Ads-l] generalistic, adj.

[Joel Berson]

"Generalistics" reads to me as "the scientific study of generals" -- like the recent New York Times article comparing Hillary's (now 110) to Donald's 88.


Joel


      From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
 To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
 Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 7:41 AM
 Subject: [ADS-L] generalistic, adj.
   
Hillary Clinton ventured yesterday to be "grossly generalistic."

Not in OED.

'Generalizing or sweeping in one's appraisal.'

This prompts me to invent "generalistics," n., meaning 'general situation
or condition.'

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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