[Ads-l] disrobe

[Laurence Horn]

I’d expect chefs who lost their jobs for misbehavior (e.g. Mario Batali) to be described as having been detoqued. But the term doesn’t seem to exist, alas.

LH

> On Feb 25, 2024, at 4:17 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> There exist a small number of matches for "disrobe" which are
> connected to the sense: remove a judge from power.
> 
> Date: November 23, 1969
> Newspaper: The Akron Beacon Journal
> Newspaper Location: Akron, Ohio
> Article: Sir Bayh, White Knight Of Doubtful Courage
> Author: Ben Maidenburg
> Quote Page D1, Column 2
> Database: Newspapers.com
> 
> [Begin excerpt]
> Now this question for Rt. Hon. Senator Bayh.
> How come, as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he hasn't
> complained about Kennedy's efforts to hide behind the closed doors of
> secrecy If he held the right to disrobe Judge Haynsworth.
> [End excerpt]
> 
> Date: September 24, 1991
> Newspaper: The Arizona Republic
> Newspaper Location: Phoenix, Arizona
> Article: Thomas ducks and dodges, Democrats contort selves
> Author: Keven Willey (Political Columnist)
> Quote Page B2, Column 3
> Database: Newspapers.com
> 
> [Begin excerpt]
> On the other hand, you had Democrats grinding their teeth over their
> inability to politically disrobe Judge Thomas. They blasted the judge
> for distancing himself from his earlier writings on such politically
> delicate topics as natural law and judicial precedent.
> [End excerpt]
> 
> Year: 2006
> Book Title: Disrobed: The New Battle Plan to Break the Left's
> Stranglehold On the Courts
> Author: Mark W. Smith
> Publisher: Crown Forum, New York
> 
> [Begin excerpt]
> Disrobed provides that battle plan. In addition to embracing
> conservative judicial activism, conservatives can and must:
> Pick "Judicial Reagans." Our first priority is to select solid and
> reliable conservative judges.
> [End excerpt]
> 
> Date: September 26, 2013
> Newspaper: Rapid City Journal
> Newspaper Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
> Article: Mont. judge faulted for alleged bias in rape case
> Byline: Associated Press
> Quote Page A10, Column 2
> Database: Newspapers.com
> 
> [Begin excerpt]
> Montana NOW president Marian Bradley was accompanied by her husband,
> Ray, daughter Alexandra and three supporters as they handed over the
> complaint to Supreme Court administrator Beth McLaughlin.
> The supporters held signs saying "Rape Is Rape" and "Disrobe Judge
> Baugh." The complaint took up 10 boxes and included thousands of pages
> bearing the names of an estimated 140,000 people who joined online
> petitions calling for Baugh's removal.
> [End excerpt]
> 
> Date: February 21, 2018
> Newspaper: Dayton Daily News
> Newspaper Location:
> Article: Leader of effort to recall judge gets 2 rape threats
> Author: Meagan Flynn (Washington Post)
> Quote Page A2, Column 4 and 5
> Database: Newspapers.com
> 
> [Begin excerpt]
> Stanford University law professor Michele Dauber, as chairwoman of the
> Recall Persky Campaign, is trying to disrobe California Superior Court
> Judge Aaron Persky. She has been targeted by Persky supporters. . . .
> Dauber, chairwoman of the "Recall Persky Campaign," is the woman
> trying to disrobe Persky, a California Superior Court judge.
> [End excerpt]
> 
> Gerald Cohen and JL mentioned related terms "disbar" and "defrock".
> 
> The website vocabulary.com suggests "defrock" is based on the notion
> of taking away a garment. But strict analogical reasoning would
> produce "derobe" instead of "disrobe".
> 
> https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/defrock
> 
> [Begin excerpt]
> defrock
> Defrock comes from frock, an old word for "dress." Priests, nuns,
> monks, and other church officials wear a frock to symbolize their job.
> If they leave the church, they are said to be defrocked: their gown is
> taken away.
> Although it is still common to refer to defrocked priests (priests who
> have left the priesthood for one reason or another), the word does not
> have a generally-used meaning outside of the clergy. You would not
> refer to a "defrocked teacher" or a "defrocked coach."
> [End excerpt]
> 
> Garson
> 
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 1:01 PM Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> In linguistics this levity-producing item is referred to as a
>> malapropism and probably derives from confusion with the word
>> disbarred. MTG also famously produced the malapropism
>> gazpacho police (Gestapo).
>> 
>> Gerald Cohen
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