SS Radio #267: Trevor Rachko: The Meaning of Words in 2024

[Mark Rippetoe]

Language Changes in the Media with Trevor Rachko | Starting Strength Radio #267

Where we discuss the manipulation of the language to shape opinion.

[Mike Kelly]

I think these two substack links are appropriate add-ons to this discussion. They are essentially a devil's dictionary of woke nonsense.

How To Coin a Term - 2024 Edition
How To Coin a Term (Part 2)

These ^^^ are the 2023 and 24 addendums to the master list he created in 22. The master is in the link below but it is paywalled.

How To Coin a Term

[Lukesdad23]

Listening to this podcast reminded me of CS Lewis’s the Abolition of Man. If you haven’t read it, you should check it out. He’s a Christian apologist typically but this work is not Christian in nature. It’s more about how language was being changed and changed in such a way that we become less than human.

[FrankNJ]

More BS words/phrases to add to the list which have been common lately in the news. A sure sign of an unoriginal BS artists:
- "it is with heavy heart". Translation: Having no choice due to coercion . . ."
- "out of an abundance of caution" Translation: "To cover my ass . . . "

As much as Sen. Fetterman is an idiot, to his credit, he is at least reasonably authentic. Fetterman: "Spare me the soaring accolades from people with their fingerprints on the blades in our President's back."