[Ads-l] Adverb of the day (invented by NYT)

[Laurence Horn]

If you read the antepenultimate paragraph of the lead editorial on the war in Yemen online

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/opinion/mohammed-bin-salman-america-yemen.html

you’ll find the last paragraph reading this way (quickly, before they correct it):


Three senators, Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent; Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat; and Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, introduced the resolution to end America’s involvement in Yemen and curtail what they view as unchecked presidential war-making powers. The administration and some lawmakers worked feverishly against the measure in part because its 30-day deadline would force them to end a military operation they want to continue, and they fear it will ruin relations with Saudi Arabia, whose crown prince Mr. Trump is synchophantishly courting.

Yes, “synchophantishly”, evidently a chimerical blend of the (I assume) intended “sycophantically” with “synchopatedly” or something (it’s tough to work out the synchopation with the Saudis), and God knows where the -ish- came from, but it does sound negative.  “Slavishly” maybe?

LH  

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