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

[Mark Mandel]

Dennis, I can't tell how deep you're joking. I was tweaking Laurence a bit
because there's no "ch" in either "sycophant" or "syncopate".

Oh heck, look at the time.
"What's to do about it?
Let's turn out the lights and go to sleep."

Psychophantastically,
Mark

On Sat, Mar 24, 2018, 12:02 AM Dennis During <dcduring at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster:       Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject:      Re: Adverb of the day (invented by NYT)
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> >
> > And "synchopated" is itself a graphical portmanteau of "syn*ch*ronized"
> and
> > "syn*c*opated" (graphical because the blend is inaudible). Right,
> Laurence?
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 7:30 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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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