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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread pushful #118894 01/05/2004 4:02 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Pushful" is a word I have never seen before, and seems a clumsy, poor choice, particularly from Mencken. I think "aggressive" would be my choice. " It was reserved for Andrew Jackson, a man genuinely of the people, to lead and visualize the rise of the lower orders. Jackson, in his way, was the archetype of the new American—ignorant, pushful, impatient of restraint and precedent, an iconoclast, a Philistine, an Anglophobe in every fibre. " Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pushful #118895 01/05/2004 4:08 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 AHD4 lists it as an adjective and defines it as 'pushing.' I have a little trouble with 'pushing' as an adjective given Mencken's usage. I find 'pushful' to be somewhat different in connotation from 'aggressive,' but. http://www.bartleby.com/61/50/P0675000.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pushful #118896 01/05/2004 4:22 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 In the above quotation, I think Mencken was not justified in calling Andrew Jackson "ignorant". Undoubtedly he had little formal education, but he had to have intelligence and ability to become President of the United States.(Not like some of his successors who were stuffed shirts picked to front for political groups.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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