Semantics “These days, pettiness is openly flaunted by the powerful…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 March 2018 These days, pettiness is openly flaunted by the powerful, who are uniquely capable of...
Politics in America, Semantics “Politicization is the last refuge of the scoundrel” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 March 2018 Politicization is the last refuge of the scoundrel. To “politicize” something — hurricanes, intelligence,...
Semantics “Owning someone sets you up to be owned yourself, sometimes in the same breath” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 July 2017 The most successful ownage finds hubristic targets, people who think they know more than...
Politics in America, Semantics “You do not hear ‘win-win’ much lately” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 July 2017 You do not hear “win-win” much lately. One of the loudest political messages of...
Semantics “‘Silencing critics’ is the beating heart of today’s ‘winning'” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 July 2017 “Silencing critics” is the beating heart of today’s “winning.” This is largely because your...
Masculinity, Politics in America, Semantics “…people who use ‘snowflake’ as an insult tend to seem pretty aggrieved themselves…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 June 2017 The truth is that people who use “snowflake” as an insult tend to seem...
Semantics “Now ownage communicates dominance, but it also belies an underlying impotence” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 May 2017 In the hacking context, owning someone is all about a display of superior technological...
Semantics “‘Weaponize’ was born in the 1950s as military jargon” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 April 2017 “Weaponize” was born in the 1950s as military jargon. It was an instantly comprehensible...
Politics in America, Semantics “In the present-day vernacular, people are most humbled by the things that make them look good” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 February 2017 To be humbled is to be brought low or somehow diminished in standing or...
Semantics “The “humblebrag” — a boast couched in a self-deprecating comment — has migrated from subtext to text…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 February 2017 The “humblebrag” — a boast couched in a self-deprecating comment — has migrated from...