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[Truffle Finder]

What does Polemicizing mean?
It does sound a little like the words that George W Bush used to come out with!
Can anyone enlighten me?
Thanks!
Truffle Finder.

[david i]

Polemicizing: engaging in... polemic

polemic |pəˈlemik|

noun
a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something: his polemic against the cultural relativism of the sixties | a writer of feminist polemic.
• (usu. polemics) the art or practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute: the history of science has become embroiled in religious polemics.
adjective
another term for polemical.

DERIVATIVES
polemicist |pəˈleməsist|noun,
polemicize |pəˈleməˌsīz|verb

regards

david

[Old Griz]

What does Polemicizing mean?
It does sound a little like the words that George W Bush used to come out with!
Can anyone enlighten me?
Thanks!
Truffle Finder.

It is what you just did to George Bush.....
Dictionaries are both online and in print and very easy to find...

[Marsilius]

What does Polemicizing mean?
It does sound a little like the words that George W Bush used to come out with!
Can anyone enlighten me?
Thanks!
Truffle Finder.

It is what you just did to George Bush.....
Dictionaries are both online and in print and very easy to find...

From Greek:
Polemos = war
Polemikos = warlike

Make verbal war. Attack. But more fancy than yo mama.

[Jim B]

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It is what you just did to George Bush.....
Dictionaries are both online and in print and very easy to find...
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Tom, be nice to Henry

I would guess he perfectly well knows what polemic means and is just engaging in discussion starting!

[jbb]

From Greek:
Polemos = war
Polemikos = warlike

Make verbal war. Attack. But more fancy than yo mama.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL9whwwTK6I

[Marsilius]

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From Greek:
Polemos = war
Polemikos = warlike

Make verbal war. Attack. But more fancy than yo mama.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL9whwwTK6I

Got me pegged! Good one!