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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007depose as a noun
I was wondering what noun you'd use to describe the act of "deposing a leader". "Deposition" doesn't sound quite right. Any ideas? TOF >I was wondering what noun you'd use to describe the act of "deposing a >leader". "Deposition" doesn't sound quite right. Any ideas? I know it's cheating but "ousting", "defenestration" and simply "removal" all work.  SignatureArchie Valparaiso (Me? I blame the weather.) > >I was wondering what noun you'd use to describe the act of "deposing a > >leader". "Deposition" doesn't sound quite right. Any ideas?I know it's cheating but "ousting", "defenestration" and simply [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > (Me? I blame the weather.) > >I was wondering what noun you'd use to describe the act of "deposing a > >leader". "Deposition" doesn't sound quite right. Any ideas?I know it's cheating but "ousting", "defenestration" and simply > "removal" all work. Right, but I believe the OP was looking for a derivative of "depose", something like "deposit", "depository" or "deposition", which was already mentioned. Luckily, the word "deposal" came up. > > >I was wondering what noun you'd use to describe the act of "deposing a > > >leader". "Deposition" doesn't sound quite right. Any ideas?I know it's cheating but "ousting", "defenestration" and simply [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > something like "deposit", "depository" or "deposition", which was > already mentioned. Luckily, the word "deposal" came up. I thought later that perhaps the closest to a derivative would have been "deposing" as in "Following the deposing of Thaksin ..." TOF > I was wondering what noun you'd use to describe the act of > "deposing a leader". "Deposition" doesn't sound quite right. Any > ideas? Overthrow, toppling, ouster, dumping? > I was wondering what noun you'd use to describe the act of "deposing a > leader". "Deposition" doesn't sound quite right. Any ideas? What about "deposal"? Fran > What about "deposal"? Indeed. However, it seems mainly related to crowned heads: ------- de?pos?al Function: noun : the act of deposing or the process of being deposed especially from a throne <the deposal of James II and the ascension of William of Orange -- Frank Thilly> http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com ------- Marius Hancu TOF (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message <1169357850.759597.149220@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>: > I was wondering what noun you'd use to describe the act of "deposing a > leader". "Deposition" doesn't sound quite right. Any ideas? > > TOF Coup Revolution Regime change SignatureTerms and conditions apply. Batteries not included. Subject to status. Contains moderate language. Always read the label. Keep out of children. Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply > TOF (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message > <1169357850.759597.149220@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply Archie Valparaiso wrote: >I know it's cheating but "ousting", "defenestration" and simply >"removal" all work. I'm not sure that defenestration applies unless the method of deposal was to throw the deposee out of a window. Richard Lichten > > TOF (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message > > <1169357850.759597.149...@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>: [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >"removal" all work.I'm not sure that defenestration applies unless the method of deposal > was to throw the deposee out of a window. And speaking of defenestration, can I say: "One of my new year's resolution is to defenestrate a bad habit" ? Arcadianrises@aol.com had it: > > Archie Valparaiso wrote: > > >I know it's cheating but "ousting", "defenestration" and simply [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > "One of my new year's resolution is to defenestrate a bad habit" ? You can say whatever you please. But defenestration hasn't really reached a stage where it can be used figuratively. Many years ago I was working in a large company where I gained a reputation for knowing a lot of obscure words. One day the phone rang and a person from an office down the corridor asked "Do you know what defenestration is?". I started: "In 1605 the town council of Prague was meeting to discuss Bohemian dissidents ..." at which point I could hear my caller announcing to his office, "He knows it!". The thing is, it wasn't that uncommon a word at university. Something oft threatened but never carried out. SignatureDavid ===== > Arcadianrises@aol.com had it: > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > The thing is, it wasn't that uncommon a word at university. > Something oft threatened but never carried out. What; like debagging? Richard L richard.lichten1@virgin.net had it: > > Arcadianrises@aol.com had it: > > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > What; like debagging? Hardly. Debagging was perfectly real, although I didn't exactly move in circles where it was practiced. SignatureDavid ===== > Hardly. Debagging was perfectly real, although I didn't exactly move > in circles where it was practiced. Did you work for Microsoft? Oh, sorry, wrong word. SignatureRob Bannister robban@it.net.au had it: > > Hardly. Debagging was perfectly real, although I didn't exactly move > > in circles where it was practiced. > > Did you work for Microsoft? Oh, sorry, wrong word. No, more's the pity. If I'd started at Microsoft in Manchester in 1979 when I left university, I'd have made a considerable packet from share options. SignatureDavid ===== >robban@it.net.au had it: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >1979 when I left university, I'd have made a considerable packet from >share options. Maybe if you'd had vista then... SignatureRobin Herts, England >>robban@it.net.au had it: >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Maybe if you'd had vista then... He couldn't see that far ahead. VistaVision had pretty much faded away. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) the Omrud filted: >You can say whatever you please. But defenestration hasn't really >reached a stage where it can be used figuratively. "Defenestration" may now mean "converting to Linux"....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanshauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" > And speaking of defenestration, can I say: > > "One of my new year's resolution is to defenestrate a bad habit" ? Well, if you are a nun, maybe. SignatureSkitt Jes' fine > > And speaking of defenestration, can I say: > > > "One of my new year's resolution is to defenestrate a bad habit" ?Well, if you are a nun, maybe. > -- el-oh-el! I'm having a vision with nuns defenestrating their old clothing. No, I'm not a nun, and I only defenestrate confetti. >>>And speaking of defenestration, can I say: >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > No, I'm not a nun, and I only defenestrate confetti. That conjures up almost as odd a picture as Skitt's nuns. Do you live above a place where weddings take place? SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) > >>>And speaking of defenestration, can I say: > >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > That conjures up almost as odd a picture as Skitt's nuns. I've never done it alone (i.e. all by myself), but in concert with other neighbors from their respective windows. > Do you live > above a place where weddings take place? No, but from our office we defenestrated confetti during a parade honoring the Olympic athletes. Needless to say, when there are no parades, of course I curb my urge to defenestrate confetti. But once in a while I used to defenestrate cigarette butts from smoke-free (ergo ashtrayless) offices. > And speaking of defenestration, can I say: > > "One of my new year's resolution is to defenestrate a bad habit" ? Depending on what the habit is, that could be fascinating for the onlookers. About ten years ago I resolved not to make New Year's resolutions. I'm pleased to report that I've not yet resiled from that position. It's not like smoking, drinking, and associating with loose women. I'll probably take them up again once I've been told that I have only a year to live. SignaturePeter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org Please note the changed e-mail and web addresses. The domain eepjm.newcastle.edu.au no longer exists, and I can no longer receive mail at my newcastle.edu.au addresses. The optusnet address could disappear at any time. > > And speaking of defenestration, can I say: > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > About ten years ago I resolved not to make New Year's resolutions. I'm > pleased to report that I've not yet resiled from that position. I've just done it this year, but without making a formal resolution not to resolve, so I guess it's unofficial. I just forgot to make the usual list of complaints and grievances. Another negative resolution I made 10 years ago was not to read the NY Review of Books and to read actual books instead. I succeeded, more or less, to observe the first part. Andrea A Carisi wrote: And speaking of defenestration, can I say: "One of my new year's resolution is to defenestrate a bad habit" ? Transparency in coverment is a good thing. -- --------------------------------------------- Richard Maurer To reply, remove half Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrea A Carisi wrote: > And speaking of defenestration, can I say: > "One of my new year's resolution is > to defenestrate a bad habit" ? > > Transparency in coverment is a good thing. I am not a streepteuse nun. And I'm not Andrea A. Carisi. Why am I answering this message? In alt.usage.english, Arcadian Rises wrote: >I am not a streepteuse nun. >And I'm not Andrea A. Carisi. > >Why am I answering this message? Because deep down you really want to be a streepteuse nun. SignatureV And that's because you're fed up with being a sacred raisin. > TOF (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message > <1169357850.759597.149220@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Regime change \ There's also "ouster", but I was seeking something based on "depose". TOF TOF (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message <1169357850.759597.149220@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>: > I was wondering what noun you'd use to describe the act of "deposing a > leader". "Deposition" doesn't sound quite right. Any ideas? > > TOF "Deposition" suggests the legal submission or registration of a formal document, rather than anything to do with regime change. SignatureTerms and conditions apply. Batteries not included. Subject to status. Contains moderate language. Always read the label. Keep out of children. Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply > TOF (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message > <1169357850.759597.149220@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > "Deposition" suggests the legal submission or registration of a formal > document, rather than anything to do with regime change. Well, you could try "deposal" and "deposure", and I don't think anybody could call you wrong; but it's gotta be "deposition" in current English, surely? SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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