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Discussion Groups / English Usage / September 2008Bailout Now Means Rescue
I am noting political correctness and political concerns about not being reelected for screwing America, our word "bailout" is now "rescue". "This is not a BAILOUT! This is a RESCUE!" Oh, those poor boys over on Wall Street, toss them a lifeline! We must "rescue" those innocent boys. What a load of crap.  SignaturePurl Gurl -- So many are stumped by what slips right off the top of my mind like a man's bad fitting hairpiece. Purl wrote on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:18:01 -0700: > "This is not a BAILOUT! This is a RESCUE!" > Oh, those poor boys over on Wall Street, toss them a lifeline! > We must "rescue" those innocent boys. > What a load of crap. There are at least two meanings for "bail out", one to remove the water from a sinking boat, another to parachute from an airplane before it crashes. I wonder which it is? SignatureJames Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not >> "This is not a BAILOUT! This is a RESCUE!" >> Oh, those poor boys over on Wall Street, toss them a lifeline! >> We must "rescue" those innocent boys. > There are at least two meanings for "bail out", one to remove the water > from a sinking boat, another to parachute from an airplane before it > crashes. I wonder which it is? http://www.purlgurl.net/aue/bailout_card.jpg SignaturePurl Gurl -- So many are stumped by what slips right off the top of my mind like a man's bad fitting hairpiece. > There are at least two meanings for "bail out", one to remove the water > from a sinking boat, another to parachute from an airplane before it > crashes. I wonder which it is? I always thought the transitive use referred to procuring someone's release from jail. ¬R Glenn wrote on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:58:21 -0400: >> There are at least two meanings for "bail out", one to remove >> the water from a sinking boat, another to parachute from an >> airplane before it crashes. I wonder which it is? > I always thought the transitive use referred to procuring > someone's release from jail. That's another meaning to add to my two. Bailing out in the sense of a boat is transitive too. SignatureJames Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not |
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