“Owning someone sets you up to be owned yourself, sometimes in the same breath”
The most successful ownage finds hubristic targets, people who think they know more than...
Tag Archives: Semantics
“You do not hear ‘win-win’ much lately”
You do not hear “win-win” much lately. One of the loudest political messages of...
“‘Silencing critics’ is the beating heart of today’s ‘winning'”
“Silencing critics” is the beating heart of today’s “winning.” This is largely because your...
“…people who use ‘snowflake’ as an insult tend to seem pretty aggrieved themselves…”
The truth is that people who use “snowflake” as an insult tend to seem...
“Now ownage communicates dominance, but it also belies an underlying impotence”
In the hacking context, owning someone is all about a display of superior technological...
“‘Weaponize’ was born in the 1950s as military jargon”
“Weaponize” was born in the 1950s as military jargon. It was an instantly comprehensible...
“In the present-day vernacular, people are most humbled by the things that make them look good”
To be humbled is to be brought low or somehow diminished in standing or...
“The “humblebrag” — a boast couched in a self-deprecating comment — has migrated from subtext to text…”
The “humblebrag” — a boast couched in a self-deprecating comment — has migrated from...
“We are living in humbling times. People are humbled all over the place”
We are living in humbling times. People are humbled all over the place. Lately...
“‘Ghetto’ has come to sound like an indictment of a people as well as of a place”
…the term “ghetto” does seem to have faded somewhat from common usage. In the...