One day when all the climate change nonsense has blown over and we can get on with demolishing the next batch of global lies, a few tattered remnants of battle may well creep into our lexicon and nestle there for a while.
So maybe we’ll add a new word or two. How about clie? Etymology - climate lie. It could be future slang for a manipulative lie. Children, instead
of being accused of telling fibs, will be chided with telling a little clie.
Now don’t tell clies,
Mum or Dad will say – you know you’ll be
found out.
Well you never know – stranger things have happened to our
venerable language. The term settled science
for example. That was a real humdinger of a clie.
Perhaps by the time your grandchildren grow up 'Windmill' will serve the purpose. Today the word has a good solid meaning, but could shift as the real cost of 'windmills' hoves into clear view.
ReplyDeleteClie? I have a preference for plain words, fancy words produce a hiccup in my flow of thought and then the red mist descends and I have to go and lie down. My terminological hit list is headed by 'ontology', 'hermeneutics' and
'epistemology'. I have now added 'autoclitic', clie? not too much reaction yet.
Roger - I prefer plain words too. You may be right about "windmill". I'm not too keen on hermeneutics either - it seems intended to exclude.
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