words for Nick
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Wit — now: fun, funny, humorous; then: clever, apt humor, intelligence, acumen, thinker
Fizzle — now: to fail, failure; then: to fart quietly Buxom — now: large-breasted; then: compliant or obedient Fantastic — now: unbelievable, superlative, excellent; then: based on fantasy or imagination, of fantasy Girl — now: young female; then: young person of any gender Backlog — now: pending work; then: largest log (literally!) Prestigious — now: honored; then: trickery, illusion, conjuring Bully — now: to be cruel, insulting, or threatening; then: a sweetheart, a fine chap Cute — now: attractive; then: clever, shrewd Meat — now: animal flesh for food; then: all foods Myriad — now: a great number; then: referred to the number 10,000 in ancient Greece - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ |
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Dave,
Great list. Here is my favorite to add: Incredible: now is "good", "very good"; was: "unsubstantiated", "suspect". Ditto unbelievable. See also adverbial forms, incredibly and unbelievably which have come to mean "very". Nick Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University [hidden email] https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Prof David West Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 5:15 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [FRIAM] words for Nick Wit — now: fun, funny, humorous; then: clever, apt humor, intelligence, acumen, thinker Fizzle — now: to fail, failure; then: to fart quietly Buxom — now: large-breasted; then: compliant or obedient Fantastic — now: unbelievable, superlative, excellent; then: based on fantasy or imagination, of fantasy Girl — now: young female; then: young person of any gender Backlog — now: pending work; then: largest log (literally!) Prestigious — now: honored; then: trickery, illusion, conjuring Bully — now: to be cruel, insulting, or threatening; then: a sweetheart, a fine chap Cute — now: attractive; then: clever, shrewd Meat — now: animal flesh for food; then: all foods Myriad — now: a great number; then: referred to the number 10,000 in ancient Greece - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ |
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"Awesome" is one of my favorites. Now used to indicate general goodness. Not generally used in situations where one say "i was in awe". "Liberal" and "conservative" are two of my least favorite. Liberal was about promoting freedom. Conservative was about retaining past ways. Note that those are clearly orthogonal issues in their original usage, and now we act like they are opposites, which is terrible. On Thu, Aug 20, 2020, 8:38 PM <[hidden email]> wrote: Dave, - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ |
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On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 11:24:20AM -0400, Eric Charles wrote:
> "Awesome" is one of my favorites. Now used to indicate general goodness. Not > generally used in situations where one say "i was in awe". > > "Liberal" and "conservative" are two of my least favorite. Liberal was about > promoting freedom. Conservative was about retaining past ways. Note that those > are clearly orthogonal issues in their original usage, and now we act like > they are opposites, which is terrible. And just as bizarrely, in Australia they are synonyms. The Liberal party is the conservative party. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders [hidden email] http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ |
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So, we add to Dave's list, as follows.
Liberal; was, "laissez-faire, free market"; is now, "humanist, socialist". Conservative: was "royalist, authoritarian; is now, "fascist, oligarchic." Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University [hidden email] https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Russell Standish Sent: Friday, August 21, 2020 8:27 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] words for Nick On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 11:24:20AM -0400, Eric Charles wrote: > "Awesome" is one of my favorites. Now used to indicate general > goodness. Not generally used in situations where one say "i was in awe". > > "Liberal" and "conservative" are two of my least favorite. Liberal > was about promoting freedom. Conservative was about retaining past > ways. Note that those are clearly orthogonal issues in their original > usage, and now we act like they are opposites, which is terrible. And just as bizarrely, in Australia they are synonyms. The Liberal party is the conservative party. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders [hidden email] http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ |
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