bogeyman

January 17, 2003 8:42 AM

bogeyman?
(nytimes link) ``We face a hate-filled, remorseless enemy that takes many forms, has many places to hide and is often invisible,''
posted by specialk420 (11 comments total)

the description fits dick cheney to a "T".
posted by quonsar at 8:49 AM on January 17, 2003

Main Entry: bo·gey·man
Variant(s): also bo·gy·man /'bu-gE-"man, 'bO-, 'bü-, 'bu-g&r-/
Function: noun
Date: circa 1890
1 : a monstrous imaginary figure used in threatening children
2 : a terrifying or dreaded person or thing :
posted by specialk420 at 8:55 AM on January 17, 2003

Orwell sues for plagiarism...
posted by crookdimwit at 9:25 AM on January 17, 2003

``I know you appreciate the enormity of the task ahead of you,'' said Sen. Joseph Lieberman

enormity:
1. The quality of passing all moral bounds; excessive wickedness or outrageousness.
2. A monstrous offense or evil; an outrage.

Freudian slip?
posted by anewc2 at 9:31 AM on January 17, 2003

I don't read NYT links.
posted by Eyegore at 2:58 PM on January 17, 2003

before clicking the link, I thought it was gonna be about Radon.
posted by mcsweetie at 4:15 PM on January 17, 2003

I thought it might be about the Republican National Committee's suspicious inclination to shamelessly pander to right-wing ieologues, thus agonizing moderates and liberal Americans ever closer to another civil war. They seem to think we won't put up a bloody fight...
posted by Tiger_Lily at 4:54 PM on January 17, 2003

ieologues = ideologues
agonizing = antagonizing
posted by Tiger_Lily at 4:57 PM on January 17, 2003

I don't read NYT links.

You star! I don't either.

Guardian neither.
posted by hama7 at 4:19 AM on January 18, 2003

I don't read NYT links.

You star! I don't either.

Guardian neither

Because, you know, reading opposing viewpoints might actually present information contrary to one's beliefs.
posted by moonbiter at 5:30 PM on January 18, 2003

anewc2: you forgot the third part of the definition:

3. Usage Problem. Great size; immensity: “Beyond that, [Russia's] sheer enormity offered a defense against invaders that no European nation enjoyed” (W. Bruce Lincoln).

Which causes the quote to make sense.
posted by bshort at 1:14 PM on January 19, 2003