Comments on: The Language of Victory and Defeat http://donklephant.com/2008/10/23/the-language-of-victory-and-defeat/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bob Aman http://donklephant.com/2008/10/23/the-language-of-victory-and-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-421043 Bob Aman Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:57:59 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=9584#comment-421043 Haha, awesome post. Haha, awesome post.

]]> By: Alan Stewart Carl http://donklephant.com/2008/10/23/the-language-of-victory-and-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-421041 Alan Stewart Carl Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:51:37 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=9584#comment-421041 As the creater and sole arbiter of election victory naming, I have determined "landslide" to be a word better used in relation to expectations vs. results than a word that describes a specific victory percentage. I.E. if Obama is expected to win with a statement and actually delivers a whipping, we could call that a landslide due to the large numbers of additional voters sliding his way at the final moments. My highly trained team of numberist linguisticians is still determining the exact amount results must exceed expectations to qualify as a landslide. Thank you for your interest. As the creater and sole arbiter of election victory naming, I have determined “landslide” to be a word better used in relation to expectations vs. results than a word that describes a specific victory percentage. I.E. if Obama is expected to win with a statement and actually delivers a whipping, we could call that a landslide due to the large numbers of additional voters sliding his way at the final moments. My highly trained team of numberist linguisticians is still determining the exact amount results must exceed expectations to qualify as a landslide. Thank you for your interest.

]]> By: Aaron http://donklephant.com/2008/10/23/the-language-of-victory-and-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-421033 Aaron Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:51:27 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=9584#comment-421033 So where does 'landslide' fit into this chart, and what name should we know it by from now on? :) So where does ‘landslide’ fit into this chart, and what name should we know it by from now on? :)

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2008/10/23/the-language-of-victory-and-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-421021 Justin Gardner Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:34:59 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=9584#comment-421021 I'd say we're in for a thumping or a drubbing. :-) GREAT post! I’d say we’re in for a thumping or a drubbing. :-)

GREAT post!

]]> By: David http://donklephant.com/2008/10/23/the-language-of-victory-and-defeat/comment-page-1/#comment-421006 David Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:54:54 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=9584#comment-421006 I think I'd exchange the positions of 'clobbering' and 'smackdown', but well done. I think I’d exchange the positions of ‘clobbering’ and ‘smackdown’, but well done.

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