Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vocabulary. Show all posts
Monday, April 11, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Malcolm Gladwell says that if you want to shine, put in 10,000 hours
The greatest athletes, entrepreneurs, musicians and scientists emerge only after spending at least three hours a day for a decade mastering their chosen field.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article4969415.ece
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article4969415.ece
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sara Palin's Contribution in 2010
OUP USA 2010 Word of the Year: Refudiate
An unquestionable buzzword in 2010, the word refudiate instantly evokes the name of Sarah Palin, who tweeted her way into a flurry of media activity when she used the word in certain statements posted on Twitter. Critics pounced on Palin, lampooning what they saw as nonsensical vocabulary and speculating on whether she meant “refute” or “repudiate.”
From a strictly lexical interpretation of the different contexts in which Palin has used “refudiate,” we have concluded that neither “refute” nor “repudiate” seems consistently precise, and that “refudiate” more or less stands on its own, suggesting a general sense of “reject.” ~Oxford University Press Blog
An unquestionable buzzword in 2010, the word refudiate instantly evokes the name of Sarah Palin, who tweeted her way into a flurry of media activity when she used the word in certain statements posted on Twitter. Critics pounced on Palin, lampooning what they saw as nonsensical vocabulary and speculating on whether she meant “refute” or “repudiate.”
From a strictly lexical interpretation of the different contexts in which Palin has used “refudiate,” we have concluded that neither “refute” nor “repudiate” seems consistently precise, and that “refudiate” more or less stands on its own, suggesting a general sense of “reject.” ~Oxford University Press Blog
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