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Iris

(15,662 posts) Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:15 PM Oct 2012

haha! Republican friend on Facebook accused Biden of making up a word!

She said something like "Did Biden just make up the word 'conflating'? And they made fun of Bush for making up words!"

I just have to gloat here because I can't comment since I deal with her within an organization rather than on a one-to-one basis.

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haha! Republican friend on Facebook accused Biden of making up a word! (Original Post) Iris Oct 2012 OP

Oh, brother! No, Biden is one of the "elite, smart people" that will never be on her side. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #1

You need to go 'refudiate' her. tanyev Oct 2012 #2

Nope it is a real word link provided, bakpakr Oct 2012 #3

Its not made up --- Conflate: HuskiesHowls Oct 2012 #4

Can't you just marezdotes Oct 2012 #5

+1 Cha Oct 2012 #7

I started to but then 2 or 3 people beat me to it. Iris Oct 2012 #18

You should very sweetly say "Gee, (insert name of nitwit), that is a word" and provide this link. MADem Oct 2012 #6

Hee! Lucy Goosey Oct 2012 #8

... CatWoman Oct 2012 #9

Perfect! n/t cynatnite Oct 2012 #14

Love it! Iris Oct 2012 #17

Oh lawd... redqueen Oct 2012 #10

Well that's a big word for a 'moran' malaise Oct 2012 #12

Hope somebody refudiates her pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #11

DUzy malaise Oct 2012 #13

lol! Iris Oct 2012 #21

Did she spell "conflating" correctly? Gman Oct 2012 #15

He used college level English nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #16

Indeed. He made Jill proud! Iris Oct 2012 #19

Wonderful examples: <be careful not to conflate gossip with real news> Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #20

How can anyone who knows how to read KatyMan Oct 2012 #22

Easy: Republican LondonReign2 Oct 2012 #23

Because bodice ripper novels LibertyLover Oct 2012 #24

Indpndnt

(2,391 posts)

1. Oh, brother! No, Biden is one of the "elite, smart people" that will never be on her side.

Reply to Iris (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:17 PM

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Little Ricky Santorum said so.

tanyev

(42,589 posts)

2. You need to go 'refudiate' her.

Reply to Iris (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:17 PM

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bakpakr

(168 posts)

3. Nope it is a real word link provided,

Reply to Iris (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:17 PM

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conflate

HuskiesHowls

(711 posts)

4. Its not made up --- Conflate:

Reply to Iris (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:17 PM

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Combine (two or more texts, ideas, etc.) into one: "the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic and social issues".

marezdotes

(110 posts)

5. Can't you just

Reply to Iris (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:18 PM

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comment, it's in the dictionary.

Cha

(297,435 posts)

7. +1

Reply to marezdotes (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:20 PM

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Iris

(15,662 posts)

18. I started to but then 2 or 3 people beat me to it.

Reply to marezdotes (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:18 PM

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She made a complete fool of herself and so I'm trying to pretend I didn't see it. She's a lot younger than I am so I'm trying to be kind.

MADem

(135,425 posts)

6. You should very sweetly say "Gee, (insert name of nitwit), that is a word" and provide this link.

Reply to Iris (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:19 PM

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conflate

Be nice about it...no "Har har, ya dumbfuck!!!" Maybe an "Ooops--you might want to take down that post!" or just a simple "That's a word, here's a link" with no gloat at all.

Sometimes you can make a person feel like a jerk by not being one--it takes discipline but it can be done!

Lucy Goosey

(2,940 posts)

8. Hee!

Reply to Iris (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:20 PM

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Just because you hadn't heard it doesn't mean Biden just made it up.

CatWoman

(79,302 posts)

9. ...

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Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:20 PM

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cynatnite

(31,011 posts)

14. Perfect! n/t

Reply to CatWoman (Reply #9)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:23 PM

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Iris

(15,662 posts)

17. Love it!

Reply to CatWoman (Reply #9)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:16 PM

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redqueen

(115,103 posts)

10. Oh lawd...

Reply to Iris (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:21 PM

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malaise

(269,103 posts)

12. Well that's a big word for a 'moran'

Reply to redqueen (Reply #10)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:22 PM

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pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

11. Hope somebody refudiates her

Reply to Iris (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:22 PM

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malaise

(269,103 posts)

13. DUzy

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #11)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:23 PM

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Iris

(15,662 posts)

21. lol!

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #11)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 08:46 AM

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Gman

(24,780 posts)

15. Did she spell "conflating" correctly?

Reply to Iris (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:23 PM

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SOmehow I doubt it.

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

16. He used college level English

Reply to Iris (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:23 PM

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Iris

(15,662 posts)

19. Indeed. He made Jill proud!

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #16)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:19 PM

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Tigress DEM

(7,887 posts)

20. Wonderful examples: <be careful not to conflate gossip with real news>

Reply to Iris (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 11:56 PM

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NO WONDER FAUX viewers DON'T KNOW THIS WORD!!!

Flex those brain muscles JOE!

Definition of CONFLATE * ( con·flat·ed ) ( con·flat·ing )
1
a : to bring together : fuse
b : confuse
2
: to combine (as two readings of a text) into a composite whole
Examples of CONFLATE

<be careful not to conflate gossip with real news>
<the movie conflates documentary footage and dramatized reenactments so seamlessly and ingeniously that viewers may not know what is real and what is not>