Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:13:14 -0400 From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com> To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Malapropism of the week Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> mark wrote: > Eric Jablow wrote: >> On May 28, 2010, at 9:57 PM, Walter Miles wrote: >> >>> Hello Madeleine >>> >>> On 05/28/10, Madeleine Yeh wrote: >>>> What word should have been used in this sentence? A >>>> disease of unknown cause is called idiopathic. >>> In our house you hear a lot of "idiopathic" and "etiology," but I really >>> like the idea of strongly ideological diseases. Can't think of any good >>> ones off hand. The obvious thing is to name the political philosophy or >>> party you favor least followed by a mental illness or condition of >>> developmental delay. There must be something better than that. >> Soviet-era "slow schizophrenia". > > Faux News and the "tea party" Knee-jerk liberals and brain death. -- Mike B.