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CTyankee

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13. Yes, IIRC the other person who used the the term was an African-American...

Reply to oswaldactedalone (Reply #11)

Sun Oct 22, 2017, 10:22 AM

Oct 2017

so I see it as a properly used word. My white English professor would probably initially protest but would accept it. She accepted the word f--- in a poem a student wrote in our creative writing course. Even tho I cannot image her using it. she has published two books on English usage.

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"funeralize"? [View all] CTyankee Oct 2017 OP

I don't think a dead person can be funeralized malaise Oct 2017 #1

I see your point but in a way it could mean "to have a funeral conducted over." CTyankee Oct 2017 #3

I guess it could malaise Oct 2017 #6

As in, "He medaled in the Olympics?" I agree with you. Never a verb! Glorfindel Oct 2017 #8

Yep malaise Oct 2017 #9

There's a certain logic that I see in "medaled." But come to think of it, it's pretty CTyankee Oct 2017 #10

The logic is what I call malaise Oct 2017 #20

Years ago, the late great Edwin Newman, in one... 3catwoman3 Oct 2017 #12

I woke up this morning... TeeYiYi Oct 2017 #26

I really don't like the word. But I suppose it's no worse than "eulogize" or "memorialize" Glorfindel Oct 2017 #2

I think "eulogize" and "memorialize" are very well accepted and are in my CTyankee Oct 2017 #4

Getting ready for you now.... Turbineguy Oct 2017 #5

The people using it today were good liberals. They were saying it respectfully. CTyankee Oct 2017 #7

Two of the most segregated places oswaldactedalone Oct 2017 #11

Yes, IIRC the other person who used the the term was an African-American... CTyankee Oct 2017 #13

Yes. If you find the word in Merriam Webster, janx Oct 2017 #15

It's not revived. Igel Oct 2017 #14

I wouldn't call it a neologism since neo means new and if anything this is an old CTyankee Oct 2017 #16

Yeah, but it's a transitive verb. janx Oct 2017 #17

You nailed it malaise Oct 2017 #21

I don't know... TeeYiYi Oct 2017 #27

I understand that language changes. janx Oct 2017 #29

Sounds like another made-up word from the Internets Thirties Child Oct 2017 #18

"organizationalize" is horrible. Limitate doesn't make any sense. Limit works CTyankee Oct 2017 #19

Someone really needs to start a band and call it "funeralized". Initech Oct 2017 #22

I want to vomitize this euphemism Orrex Oct 2017 #23

you confiscatized my answer. grantcart Oct 2017 #25

That leaves me comfortized. janx Oct 2017 #30

"funeralize"... TeeYiYi Oct 2017 #24

I first encountered it in the 70's, used by the black community where I worked. It's odd, but ancianita Oct 2017 #28