The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #25235   Message #294873
Posted By: Lonesome EJ
11-Sep-00 - 01:26 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mangling the English Language
Subject: RE: BS: Mangling the English Language
Using the suffix "-ness" on the end of any word.This is popular with sports announcers, who either went through Junior College on a Football scholarship,or studied Journalism Light."The offense was cohesive in the first half,but lost their cohesiveness when the Captain was injured.They were aggressive,but lost their aggressiveness." This can also be done with "-ability" as a suffix."The rain reduced the runnability of the playing field.The Quarterback was throwing hard,reducing the catchability of the ball." Actually,I have less of a problem with "catchability" and "runnability" since at least they describe the situation so that you understand,AND I'm not sure there are any other single words that describe these conditions.