[Ads-l] lie

[Dan Goncharoff]

Interesting how one deals with opinions expressed as facts, especially when
they are found to be wrong later. Are they Schrodinger statements, only
found to be true or false once we "open the box"?

On Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 10:05 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 'any idea or statement that is untrue or that one disagrees with.'
>
> I've been hearing this a lot on cable news, though not from journalists.
> Ex.:
>
> Quora.com:  "Electrons absolutely positively do not whizz around the
> nucleus of an atom. That idea is a lie-to-children, a simplification told
> [to] young kids in grade school."
>
> CNN: "Rugged individualism is a lie."
>
> Also v.:
>
> Protest sign seen on FOX News: "FAUCI LIED PEOPLE DIED"
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org