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my definition is this

Posted in Uncategorized by clunis on the November 15th, 2007

fitchify: to mistake uninformed simplification for accessible summarization. alternatively, to produce such an uninformed oversimplification.

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  1. John Lawler said,

    on November 18th, 2007 at 7:48 am

    Yes, I think that about does it. He certainly missed the point badly, both on the original piece and on his LL response. “Uninformed” is, I think, the key word.

    Doesn’t it just frost you the way linguistics continues to be such a well-kept secret, despite everyone’s efforts?

    I once heard it said that the only real sin was willful ignorance, and I’ve come to believe that there’s something to it; if so, fitchification is also immoral.