New Verbs?
English is a flexible language, incorporating foreign words with ease, and so the recent conflict in the Middle East gave birth to a new word: Hezbollization
Hezbollization
(noun) A process whereby evil murderous thugs are turned into everyday heroes by an overzealous mainstream media. Hezbollize
(verb) Assign great social importance to gangsters, treat them as celebrities (Hez-boll-ized, Hez-boll-iz-ing, Hez-boll-iz-es)
Example 1: "Cross burnings bring warmth and comfort to homes without central heating, as caring KKK activists distribute clean white clothing among impoverished kids."
Example 2: "Crips, Bloods, MS 13 organize daily after school programs, engage minority children in pharmacological economics and ballistics training"
2 comments:
Liguistically this doesn't feel right.
Hezbollization might be alright for Hezboll the party of Go, but Hezbollisization is more appropriate for Hezbollah the party of God.
FYI - in Israel Hezbollah members are called Hezballoons (actually, Hezballons, where ballon is the local derivative of balloon).
Cheers.
Post a Comment