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Complexifier, Apoplectic, and a Pecker
« on: February 09, 2019, 12:10:57 pm »
Did anyone see this story? I have to admit that I was taken aback by the word 'complexifier.' But at the same time, I was certainly not apoplectic that some pecker is messing with Bezos.

I had never seen the word 'complexifier' in my life but instantly knew what it meant. I did assume that Bezos, or more likely a very highly-paid lawyer, had invented the word. What did the other EGPers think when they saw this word? Apoplectic is a fairly common word, I assumed, but according to all of the stories that I read, many people were upset at its use.

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/did-jeff-bezos-just-invent-the-word-complexifier/

What do apoplectic and complexifier mean and why are they trending?
usatoday.com



Related story:
Jeff Bezos Protests the Invasion of His Privacy, as Amazon Builds a Sprawling Surveillance State for Everyone Else
One of the world's greatest privacy invaders just had his privacy invaded.
The Intercept · theintercept.com


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Re: Coplexifier, Apoplectic, and a Pecker
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2019, 01:01:35 pm »
No, I hadn't seen the story, but it's a mystifier to me that so many people would consider the word "complexifier" a perplexifier*.
Isn't being able to make up words - for example by adding a suffix - one of the things which make the English language so beautiful?

*no, that word doesn't exist - yet. "mystifier" however, does. I checked.
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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2019, 02:03:25 pm »
Nothing to say. Hit the wrong button somehow. Talk about a perplexifier.
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2019, 04:30:08 pm »
I feel a bit cataleptic, all those neologisms are too wearing for my hypothalamus, putamen, cerebellum. My synapses can’t cope despite their neural plasticity.
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Re: Complexifier, Apoplectic, and a Pecker
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2019, 10:28:54 pm »
There is a movie called Terrifier. Complexifier could be Terrifier's friend.
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Re: Complexifier, Apoplectic, and a Pecker
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2019, 10:37:51 pm »
Quote from: Nikola on February 09, 2019, 10:28:54 pm
There is a movie called Terrifier. Complexifier could be Terrifier's friend.
Where does the Pecker figure in?
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« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2019, 10:45:59 pm »
That would have to be a different kind of movie, I'm afraid.
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« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2019, 12:22:26 am »
Quote from: Nikola on February 09, 2019, 10:45:59 pm
That would have to be a different kind of movie, I'm afraid.
About birds?
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Re: Complexifier, Apoplectic, and a Pecker
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2019, 12:33:12 am »
Wasn't the title a little misleading, Jerry? Shouldn't it have said "... and two peckers"?

Plus, since I'm not on Twitter, would you mind explaining what exactly the National Enquirer's blackmailing was about? They said they'd publish these photos if Bezos did/didn't... what?
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Re: Complexifier, Apoplectic, and a Pecker
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2019, 01:04:34 am »
Perhaps have the Washington Post (which Bezos owns) back off Trump?
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« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2019, 02:16:23 am »
Quote from: Alharacas on February 10, 2019, 12:33:12 am
Wasn't the title a little misleading, Jerry? Shouldn't it have said "... and two peckers"?

Plus, since I'm not on Twitter, would you mind explaining what exactly the National Enquirer's blackmailing was about? They said they'd publish these photos if Bezos did/didn't... what?
They were going to publish the photos and sexts between Bezos and his mistress. As far as I know, Trump doesn't figure into this story. The fake news is theorizing, with no evidence, that Trump used the CIA to get the sexts and photos. Another example of why only three or four people, on a good day,  trusts the 'news' media in the U.S. of A.
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