[Xmca-l] Re: anachronism

[Annalisa Aguilar]

Andy,


Isn't that what "solecism" means essentially?


noun

  1.  a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as "unflammable" and "they was."
  2.  a breach of good manners or etiquette.
  3.  any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.

Related words to solecism are:


impropriety
blunder
abuse
error
barbarism
mistake
incongruity
blooper
slip
misusage
cacology


Now "cacology" is interesting. it means "a bad choice of words; faulty speech."

which derives from the Greek "kakologia" which means "ill report."


I also delved into the word meaning for "impropriety" and from there found "indecorous" which means:

  1.  not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.

"gaffe" means "a social blunder; faux pas." That might be a good one as it uses "faux pas" in its definition. It is a social blunder, but that doesn't really have the same specific meaning for someone who is outside the culture, but I'd say "gaffe" is pretty good. Or "indecorous" but that seems and act done with intent, whereas a "gaffe" is unintentional.


Also this word cloud:

goof
fault
lapse
indiscretion
blooper
inaccuracy
error
gaffe
oversight
bumble
bungle
err
flounder
fluff
solecism
impropriety
flub
trip
muff
slip

or another word cloud:

miscue
lapse
recklessness
error
gaffe
misjudgment
goof
folly
imprudence
foolishness
thoughtlessness
hastiness
stupidity
slips
tumble
rashness
gaucherie
crudeness
excitability
foul-up

I also thought about the opposite of "diplomacy" and came up with "maladroit" or "klutzy" or "impolitic" or "brash" or "vacuous" or "doltish" or "oafish" or even "graceless" or "lumpish"


Which of course circles us back to "lumpen" and you would know where that word has been showcased, Andy. 😃

Kind regards,

Annalisa




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Subject: [Xmca-l] Re: anachronism


Well, I've found an expression, if not a word: "cultural faux pas."

https://travel.usnews.com/gallery/10-cultural-faux-pas-to-avoid-while-visiting-10-countries

Andy

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Andy Blunden
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On 17/09/2018 1:03 PM, Greg Thompson wrote:
I'm stumped. Can't think of a single word.
There are phrases like culturally tone-deaf or culturally insensitive but they are not quite on point.
-greg



On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 6:31 PM Andy Blunden <<mailto:andyb@marxists.org>andyb@marxists.org<mailto:andyb@marxists.org>> wrote:

All these opposites, Annalisa, are opposites of "culture" in the sense of liking opera or reading a book instead of watching TV, referring to a hierarchy within a culture. As Greg alerted us to, "culture" is a very polysemous word. The ana-culturalism I am looking for refers to "culture" which is different rather than more or less. Like offering a tip to the waitress in the local greasy spoon in London, or a boss sacking a worker on the spot in an Australian company.


Andy

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On 17/09/2018 8:26 AM, Annalisa Aguilar wrote:

Hi Andy,


It's always great to discover the hole in a language, which I would call the realization of not having a word for something meaningful.


I looked up "aculture" and the dictionary found "acculture" which is actually to bring someone up to speed in their knowledge of a culture, but I don't think that is what you are looking for.


I found these words when I looked up "what is the opposite of culture":


ignorance
inability
inexperience
uncouthness
bad manners
clumsiness
coarseness
crudeness
harm
hurt
impoliteness
incompetence
inelegance
ineptness
roughness
rudeness
tactlessness

Even though I know that you are not talking about opposites but outside of, what I noticed about this list is the emotionality I associate to many of the words, except maybe for "ignorance," which seems neutral and descriptive, though no one likes to be called ignorant, and that word is best used as a self-descriptor if I'm willing to call myself that.


There is also "clueless" but that is also pejorative.


Maybe "unsophisticated"?


These words below came up when I looked for synonyms for "clueless" and also have a pejorative color:


brainless
childlike
clueless
crude
dumb
feeble-minded
idiotic
ignorant
moronic
naive
slow
stupid
uncomplicated
unschooled
unstudied
untutored
unworldly

"Unworldly" might be OK.

All in all? great observation.

Kind regards,

Annalisa






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