tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post5759711522806935493..comments2023-10-28T08:02:44.565-05:00Comments on illusory tenant: Mike McGee: the transcriptsillusory tenanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-81668766904419959962008-02-21T00:30:00.000-06:002008-02-21T00:30:00.000-06:00Well, even though I am not a lawyer, I even knew w...Well, even though I am not a lawyer, I even knew what thaumaturgic meant. I give credit to a wasted adolescence playing D&D and reading way too many swords and sorcery paperbacks.capperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751967312821403092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-68328550234172926762008-02-20T13:48:00.000-06:002008-02-20T13:48:00.000-06:00Reading these lawyerly blawgs has improved my voca...Reading these lawyerly blawgs has improved my vocab. Esenberg sends me to the online dictionary from time to time with his 9 dollar words (salvific).<BR/><BR/>Thaumaturgic went over my head. I am sure it went over Mcgee's (likely the point in using it).<BR/><BR/>"Getting badgered" could also be a euphemism for having your ass handed to you by the Wisconsin voters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-55234979719964872622008-02-20T12:59:00.000-06:002008-02-20T12:59:00.000-06:00At the risk of picking a nit, I think "getting Bad...At the risk of picking a nit, I think "getting Badgered" would be best described as a dysphemism, rather than a euphemism (although that depends rather on your opinion of the criminal justice system of Wisconsin).<BR/><BR/>Also, those appearing on Fox News should be said to be "getting Rodgered."Sam Sarverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320204980483611465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-35592744470462413802008-02-20T09:08:00.000-06:002008-02-20T09:08:00.000-06:00I had to look it up too. (Incidentally, it's spell...I had to look it up too. (Incidentally, it's spelled 'thraumaturgic' in the court transcript.)<BR/><BR/>Speaking of language, I'd like to propose "getting Badgered" as a new euphemism, meaning, "being charged with criminal offenses in the State of Wisconsin."illusory tenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-11520387366619436572008-02-20T09:03:00.000-06:002008-02-20T09:03:00.000-06:00I'm not ashamed to say I did not know its meaning....I'm not ashamed to say I did not know its meaning. However, that <I>miracle</I> known as the on-line dictionary helped me find the promised land.Other Sidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06475658453374184885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-80602043175012790272008-02-20T08:50:00.000-06:002008-02-20T08:50:00.000-06:00I happen to think it's pretty awesome that a judge...<I>I happen to think it's pretty awesome that a judge would reach into his arsenal and come out with such a magnificent ten dollar word.</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed!illusory tenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524761974822871419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2506514005426983269.post-60476564423390662952008-02-20T08:45:00.000-06:002008-02-20T08:45:00.000-06:00I'm proud to say that I do, in fact, know what "th...I'm proud to say that I do, in fact, know what "thaumaturgic" means, and I happen to think it's pretty awesome that a judge would reach into his arsenal and come out with such a magnificent ten dollar word.<BR/><BR/>The real question is whether Judge Gableman knows what "thaumaturgic" means.Sam Sarverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320204980483611465noreply@blogger.com