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From: Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com>
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On 4/9/24 11:19, Physfitfreak wrote:
> It is like saying, "You are just experiencing the effect of the ability 
> of a sharp object to penetrate into a 70% water body-material. That's 
> all! What else do you think is happening?", when a burglar is stabbing 
> you inside your bedroom.


There must be an English word for such act. Either a verb, or an 
adjective "being something". In Persian we have a short phrase for it 
and a longer saying, not a succinct word (as far as i know - haven't 
been in touch with those who're very good in Persian). But if there's a 
word in English for the verb or adjective describing it, I cannot find 
it in the dictionaries and thesauruses.

If there's actually not an English word for it, then somebody needs to 
create it cause that kind of act is getting pretty common in this land 
of the brave, especially in news media and politics talk. It's even 
seeping into completely unrelated media, like this COLA of yours.

"facetious", for instance, comes just a bit close, but still is far from 
an adjective for exactly that act. It really only describes a tiny 
aspect of it.

In psychology (I just referred to my outline of the course I made 
decades back) the act is, in a limited way, recognized but doesn't have 
a single word name. It uses two words which without the context is 
difficult to understand the meaning (Confirmation Bias). It points only 
to cases which the actor is also sincere, not when he deliberately does 
it for gross omission of other aspects of the act about which he's 
negatively sensitive. So, at least up to a few decades back, I don't 
think English language had a single word for it. But by now, there could 
well be one in use.

Any of you Bozos know that word? If not, you're entitled to drop your 
pants and finger yourselves while saying, "Mama, gimme som'dat milk".