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Not commenting on substance here but I am curious about phrasing. Why did you say "storming the capitol"? For reference I've been running a personal linguistic
by jimmygrapes 4y ago
Not commenting on substance here but I am curious about phrasing. Why did you say "storming the capitol"?
For reference I've been running a personal linguistic influence project where I'm tracking where certain oft-used phrases came into common parlance and this is one that arose as a clear winner in recent years (see also Google n-gram viewer). "Storming the Capitol" vs "Violent right-wing insurrection" vs "Stop the steal" vs "mostly peaceful protest" are the main trigrams I associate with that period, and I've been trying to track where those terms are used most. I've ordered them there by most used, FYI.
The thing that gets me is that "storming" seems like a very focus-grouped marketing term.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y agoWhat's the definition of the verb: storm?
- snypher 4y agoDictionary.com; to rage or complain with violence or fury, or, to subject to or as if to a storm, or, to utter or say with angry vehemence.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 4y agoYou forgot a few: "to deliver a violent attack or fire", "to rush angrily", "to attack or assault (persons, places, or things)" https://www.dictionary.com/browse/storm https://www.dictionary.com/browse/storm
- spookie 4y agoBecause it is. Don't get me wrong, what they did is unprecedented, and wrong. But as an outsider, that phrase struck me in the same manner. I've seen a lot of these in US politics too, weird to think about it, heh?
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- hairofadog 4y agoThat's a pretty common phrase that I've heard frequently in contexts like "she came storming into the lunchroom accusing everybody of {whatever}". If some folks here think it's strange and others don't, it may be a regional thing.
- pyuser583 4y agoI doubt it was the result of a focus group. Probably came about organically then was amplified.