Incredible!
in·cred·i·ble
adj.
1. So implausible as to elicit disbelief: gave an incredible explanation of the cause of the accident.
2. Astonishing: dressed with incredible speed.
Why do so many people use this word in definition mode two? Why not "dressed at ludicrous speed"? Advertising loves the word: "incredible" prices...I guess they want to avoid "very low" or "sub-zero" or "angstromian" (ok...I made that one up) prices. Perhaps they mean to say "deceptively low pricing with poor values", but you can't fault advertisers, criminals or politicians for a view of truth outside the realm of Newtonian reality. Frankly, I'm weary of this word stifling our imaginations.
Just look at it! IN (Not) Credible. Every time I hear it, I think, hmmmmmm, no credibility, so I figure whatever comes next has high probability of being false. I could circulate a petition to abolish the second definition, but I'm so inf-ingcredibly lazy I won't. Incredibly, I might boycott the word, but then I don't use it anyway, I prefer "fantastic". Well, I've run out of steam, so I'll conclude, incredibly enough, I might need to start taking my meds.
Fantastic!
adj.
1. So implausible as to elicit disbelief: gave an incredible explanation of the cause of the accident.
2. Astonishing: dressed with incredible speed.
Why do so many people use this word in definition mode two? Why not "dressed at ludicrous speed"? Advertising loves the word: "incredible" prices...I guess they want to avoid "very low" or "sub-zero" or "angstromian" (ok...I made that one up) prices. Perhaps they mean to say "deceptively low pricing with poor values", but you can't fault advertisers, criminals or politicians for a view of truth outside the realm of Newtonian reality. Frankly, I'm weary of this word stifling our imaginations.
Just look at it! IN (Not) Credible. Every time I hear it, I think, hmmmmmm, no credibility, so I figure whatever comes next has high probability of being false. I could circulate a petition to abolish the second definition, but I'm so inf-ingcredibly lazy I won't. Incredibly, I might boycott the word, but then I don't use it anyway, I prefer "fantastic". Well, I've run out of steam, so I'll conclude, incredibly enough, I might need to start taking my meds.
Fantastic!
posted by Tom Demko at
8:06 AM
1 Comments:
As an atheist, let me just say that miracles are incredible - as in not believable garbage. As Dawkins said, if you are brought up to value faith - believing with no evidentce - I guess you will be swayed by not credible statements from others.
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