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

[Dennis During]

The NYT must have meant "sychophantishly".  I understand that they can't
afford copy editors anymore.

On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 11:58 PM, Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> And "synchopated" is itself a graphical portmanteau of "syn*ch*ronized" and
> "syn*c*opated" (graphical because the blend is inaudible). Right, Laurence?
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> Mark
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> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 7:30 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
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> > If you read the antepenultimate paragraph of the lead editorial on the
> wa=
> r
> > in Yemen online
> >
> >
> > https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/opinion/mohammed-bin-
> salman-america-ye=
> men.html
> >
> > you=E2=80=99ll 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=E2=80=99s 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-da=
> y
> > 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, =E2=80=9Csynchophantishly=E2=80=9D, evidently a chimerical blend
> of =
> the (I assume)
> > intended =E2=80=9Csycophantically=E2=80=9D with
> =E2=80=9Csynchopatedly=E2=
> =80=9D or something (it=E2=80=99s tough to
> > work out the synchopation with the Saudis), and God knows where the -ish-
> > came from, but it does sound negative.  =E2=80=9CSlavishly=E2=80=9D
> maybe=
> ?
> >
> >
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