Thursday, June 26, 2008
The Non-non Song
The Pentagon, as well as other bureaucratic agencies, has a way with language. The Pentagon did not agree with the findings of a report on Iraq, so the folks at the Pentagon used the verb nonconcur. No, your spellchecker will not be familiar with this term.
Nonconcur.
"Honey? Wanna do it tonight?"
"I have a headache, so I nonconcur with your request, sweetie."
There must be dozens of spinoffs of this sort of deviated euphemism, this squinting pleasantry, this glancing skirting, we can create, me and you (you and I) (readers and me) (readers and I).
nonmurder = injure
noncompensate = steal
nonarrest = escape
nonterminate = harass
nonsuccumb = barely survive
nonwin = lose
nonscore = reject
and non and non and non anon
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5 comments:
Just say Non! Isn't that what we are supposed to do?
How about noncation? That is when one cannot afford to take a summer vacation.
:-P
Nonconcur... thanks.. ILL have to think of a way to use it in a sentence now! I nonconcur with the Pentagon and their actions. How's that?
lol
All the best... M
How about nonpost ... which is what I've been doing for over a year. Until tonight. I figured the world needed another Dismaying Story.
I'm glad to see you're still spicing up the world with your thoughts too :)
Those that violate the Queen's English can be a tad ridiculous. Two other words might be appropos:
Nonsequitur
Nonsensical
Nonaddress = Skirting the issue
I am skirting everything today, and not in a dress.
Scarlett & Viaggiatore
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