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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Weaponisation #45036 10/18/01 11:46 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 R Rouspeteur OP member OP Rouspeteur member R Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 Twice while watching the press conferences of senior U.S. officials concerning the anthrax scare, I heard the word weaponisation used. As in, the weaponisation of anthrax. This sort of stupidisation and abusification of the English language really annoys me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Weaponisation Rouspeteur 10/18/01 11:46 PM Spores don't target people plutarch 10/19/01 12:40 AM Re: Spores don't target people wwh 10/19/01 02:06 AM Re: Spores don't target people tsuwm 10/19/01 03:39 AM New Words When Required stales 10/21/01 12:18 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/20/01 12:21 AM Re: Weaponisation Rouspeteur 10/20/01 03:21 PM Weapons-grade anthrax wordminstrel 10/21/01 02:18 AM Re: Weapons-grade anthrax Rouspeteur 10/21/01 10:52 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/21/01 12:35 PM Re: Weapons-grade anthrax tsuwm 10/21/01 02:46 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/21/01 08:41 PM Re: Weapons-grade anthrax Capital Kiwi 10/21/01 09:32 PM Poynter point of view AnnaStrophic 10/22/01 03:19 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/22/01 06:11 PM Re: Poynter point of view Faldage 10/22/01 06:22 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/22/01 07:26 PM Re: Pavlov point of view Faldage 10/22/01 07:39 PM Re: Poynter point of view Rouspeteur 10/24/01 12:28 AM Posteriority/posterioritise Rouspeteur 10/24/01 12:44 AM Re: Posteriority/posterioritise maverick 10/25/01 02:20 PM Re: Posteriority/posterioritise Rouspeteur 10/25/01 05:34 PM Re: Posteriority/posterioritise Faldage 10/25/01 05:41 PM Re: Posteriority/posterioritise maverick 10/25/01 06:23 PM Re: Posteriority/posterioritise Faldage 10/25/01 06:50 PM Re: Posteriority/posterioritise Faldage 10/25/01 02:52 PM Re: Weaponisation Faldage 10/22/01 03:18 PM Re: Weaponisation stales 10/25/01 01:18 PM Re: Weaponisation TEd Remington 10/25/01 01:42 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,360 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 615 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,556 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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