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[calvindog]

Originally Posted by G1911

We have 2 different dictionaries now directly put into this thread showing it was used correctly. The legal context is not the only accepted meaning in the English language (and very obviously not the one used in the statement that has nothing whatsoever to do with the law), which is not chosen by calvindog or myself. Nor is this a particularly rare, obtuse or antiquated usage.



I know I have a mob of readers who hang on my every single word and utterance like a cardboard Delphi. They are excited to try and get me on absolutely anything, but maybe, just maybe one should make sure they are actually correct first. I am an idiot who knows nothing, it cannot be that hard to find something I have said in ~7,000 posts over ten years (all of which contain words and most of which contain a claim to fact of some kind) to correct with something that actually checks out as true.

Let's see how long it is before the next late night out of left field attack that is provably false by the usage of a dictionary yet again. This is such a wonderful use of my impassioned followers time and lives.

Don’t flatter yourself, I actually agree with your politics and most of what you say out here and have never once tried to get you on anything you’ve said. Libel is written defamation. Slander is spoken defamation. We would never tolerate a colloquial, incorrect word usage. We are paragons of pedantic exactitude. You’re welcome.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Don’t flatter yourself, I actually agree with your politics and most of what you say out here and have never once tried to get you on anything you’ve said. Libel is written defamation. Slander is spoken defamation. We would never tolerate a colloquial, incorrect word usage. We are paragons of pedantic exactitude. You’re welcome.

Oh hardly flattery, for to be a cardboard Delphi is to be a false prophet. I flatter myself by calling myself an idiot who knows nothing, albeit a liberal idiot. In the case of calvindog vs. the dictionary with the question of what a word means, I am going to use the dictionary. As a paragon of pedantic exactitude, I am cognizant that dictionaries are the proper resource for the question and not your opinion of what should be struck from the dictionaries.

[calvindog]

Greg, I’m going to watch football now and try to end this debate which seems to have become your raison d’etre. Libel is written defamation. Slander is spoken defamation. This is true in the dictionary and in real life as I’ve handled both slander and libel cases. No need to go to the library and write a research paper on this. We’re not idiots and we don’t run down the list of dictionary definitions until we find one that supports our position in hindsight. We’re educated men. I simply said libel, not slander. I didn’t write a thesis or review all of your 7000 posts. If you want to use the uneducated, colloquial definition of a word I won’t stop you. I’m going to let you live. Now go watch football, this isn’t the Lincoln/Douglas debates.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Greg, I’m going to watch football now and try to end this debate which seems to have become your raison d’etre. Libel is written defamation. Slander is spoken defamation. This is true in the dictionary and in real life as I’ve handled both slander and libel cases. No need to go to the library and write a research paper on this. We’re not idiots and we don’t run down the list of dictionary definitions until we find one that supports our position in hindsight. We’re educated men. I simply said libel, not slander. I didn’t write a thesis or review all of your 7000 posts. If you want to use the uneducated, colloquial definition of a word I won’t stop you. I’m going to let you live. Now go watch football, this isn’t the Lincoln/Douglas debates.

Remember who picked this dumbass argument (and now is too good for it when it turns out he is factually wrong!). Enjoy your football game, I hope you find it more fulfilling than fighting the dictionary.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I get slandered
Libeled
I hear words I never heard in the Bible

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by G1911

Remember who picked this dumbass argument (and now is too good for it when it turns out he is factually wrong!). Enjoy your football game, I hope you find it more fulfilling than fighting the dictionary.

I just removed what I wrote as I feel I’ll be trapped for the rest of time arguing with you unless I did. Good luck!

[Exhibitman]

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GUS SAYS RELAX

[brian1961]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

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GUS SAYS RELAX

JUST IN CASE you wish to know the meaning behind this unusual photo Topps used in 1952, Gus Zernial had just hit 2 home runs in 3 consecutive games, from May 13-16, 1951. With this achievement, a photographer came up with the idea of attaching 6 balls to a bat, and having Gus hold it. flashing A-OK! As Gus's SABR article reported, Ozark Ike hit another home run in the next game; thus, Gus crushed 7 homers in 4 consecutive games! WOW!

--- Brian Powell