Posted on 02/23/2016 4:07:33 AM PST by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday February 23, 2015
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
parapraxis [par-uh-prak-sis]
-n
Psychology a slip of the tongue or pen, forgetfulness, misplacement of objects, or other error thought to reveal unconscious wishes or attitudes.
[1935-40; para-1+ Greek prâxis act, action; cf. praxis]
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Was the Cruz ad accusing Rubio of dissing the Biblein front of evangelical Christians a parapraxis of the campaign spokesperson, or a deliberate lie? That is the question in front of the voters.
Some true believer thought he found the unholy grail which would eliminate forever the Rubio menace.
Of course, the entire thing didn’t pass the simplest of plausibility tests, but such is the blind spot of the true believer.
Auto correct creates some interesting parapraxis!
(Typed the word three times before it stopped changing the word)
I hate it when that happens. Autocorrect should know damn well by now I certainly did not mean ‘duck’!!!! Jeeeez.
Now, in the example they say ‘unconscious’. To me, that means asleep, knocked out. I would use the term “subconscious”. I’ve seen this discussed several times, and I still am not convinced “unconscious” is ever the right term in this context.
I tell myself it must be parapraxis when she is screaming some other guys name.
Thanks for the morning laugh!
One of the incriminating facts is
Hillary deceives with parapraxis
“Nothing classified” implies
“It should have been,” her lies
Are a sure thing, just like death and taxes
AND A FINE DAY TO YOU SIR! Hillary Clinton: Parapraxis Personified
One of my favorite jokes involves a parapraxis:
A man is standing in line at the ticket counter in his local airport when he suddenly notices that the girl at the counter has the largest breasts he has ever seen. Transfixed, he continues to stare at her chest while the line moves forward. Finally, he reaches the front of the counter. Upon being asked his destination, he asks the girl if he could could please have two pickets to Titsburgh. Horrified at what he’s just said out loud, he stammers his way through an apology, and hurries to catch his flight.
All through the flight, he can think of nothing but what he said to the ticket girl, and his distress continues all through the following day. The guilt finally consumes him, and he has to tell somebody what happened. He blurts out his story to one of his friends over lunch. “Can you believe I said two pickets to Titsburgh?” He asks? “Sure,” replies his friend. “It’s called a parapraxis, a slip of the tongue. I do them all the time. In fact, just the other day over coffee I tried to ask my wife to pass the sugar, and what came out was, “You ruined my life, you f***ing bitch!”
I didn’t mean to give the impression that we were police, exactly.
“Larry, sweety... that man is here to see you.”
No, Walter, it did not look like Larry was about to crack.
What struck me was that in asking for the resignation of the staffer, cruz immediately used the incident to BASH Rubio! I mean even Shemp Smith was agog at him not even taking a breath between the firing and the attack on Rubio. Cruz is a nasty piece of work
Nope, not feeling it.
I have decided to quit this election.....I have never been more discouraged about our country. Trump is killing any hope I have.
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