Binette to Showerthoughts • 7 months agoJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down157
arrow-up1340arrow-down1message-squareJust realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside downBinette to Showerthoughts • 7 months agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-square@j4k3linkEnglish14•7 months agoMy favorite recently is sophist from the pejorative Platonic definition. It really puts words like sophisticated in a different etymological light and subtle contextual meaning.
minus-square@j4k3linkEnglish4•7 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophist_(dialogue) Fake but convincing by argument, gaslighting, etc., generally by someone in a position like a professor, a judge, or a politician.
My favorite recently is sophist from the pejorative Platonic definition. It really puts words like sophisticated in a different etymological light and subtle contextual meaning.
What’s sophist mean?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophist_(dialogue)
Fake but convincing by argument, gaslighting, etc., generally by someone in a position like a professor, a judge, or a politician.