The Shackles of Stupidity

Posted on: March 29, 2019 at 12:28:03 CT

We've all seen how a large portion of our Tigerboard family are unable to grasp concepts such as global climate change,
Newtonian Physics, boarder security.
Often the underlying problem is the inability to understand the words comprising the concepts. Lets look at the most recent example of inability to understand simple English.

Coup
/ko͞o/
noun
noun: coup; plural noun: coups; noun: coup d'état; plural noun: coup d'états; plural noun: coups d'état
1.
a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
"he was overthrown in an army coup"
synonyms: seizure of power, overthrow, takeover, ousting, deposition, regime change; More
antonyms: election
2.
a notable or successful stroke or move.
"it was a major coup to get such a prestigious contract"
synonyms: success, triumph, feat, successful maneuver, stunt, accomplishment, achievement, attainment, stroke, master stroke, stroke of genius; More
an unusual or unexpected but successful tactic in card play.
3.
HISTORICAL
(among some North American Indian peoples) an act of touching an armed enemy in battle as a deed of bravery, or an act of first touching an item of the enemy's in order to claim it.
4.
a contusion caused by contact of the brain with the skull at the point of trauma.
Origin

late 18th century: from French, from medieval Latin colpus ‘blow’ (see cope1).

The first task when you don't undestand a simple word is to determine which of the definitions given apply to the
circumstance.

Obviously (well for those who understand English) definition #1 is the one not understood.

So lets break it down
sudden- no
violent-no
illegal-no
overthrow of the government-obviously not

So not one of the four points of the definition apply to the misuse of the word coup.

Now this word is being so blatantly misused that either
the users don't understand ANY of the words used to make up the definition of coup (quite possible) or the misuse is intentional meant to mislead (wut? how shocking!)

So remember when you read Victor Hansen, or listen to Rush Limbaugh or watch the in(H)annity Show that these men are either too stupid to understand the words they misuse or they are intentionally being dishonest.