today's semantic puffery:
seen on the side of a pickup truck driven by an exterminator:
"Pest Management Specialist"
I prefer "person who sends insects, vermin, and other bothersome creatures to their eternal reward".... ;)
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Where this whole journey begins...
George Carlin puts it so well...
seriously. trying to engage in "semantic puffery" by using more words than necessary to express a concept that can be described concisely just makes the people engaging in said "semantic puffery" come off as blowhards. Enjoy! (audio NSFW)
seriously. trying to engage in "semantic puffery" by using more words than necessary to express a concept that can be described concisely just makes the people engaging in said "semantic puffery" come off as blowhards. Enjoy! (audio NSFW)
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