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

5 comments:

Patti said...

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

Maria said...

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

Andrew McAllister said...

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 :)

Ralph said...

Those that violate the Queen's English can be a tad ridiculous. Two other words might be appropos:

Nonsequitur
Nonsensical

Wanderlust Scarlett said...

Nonaddress = Skirting the issue

I am skirting everything today, and not in a dress.


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