Monday, December 17, 2007
Exponentify
My experience this weekend compelled me to create a new word.
Exponentify
This word is commonly used in a derogatory manner.
ex·po·nen·ti·fy
v. ex·po·nen·ti·fied, ex·po·nen·ti·fy·ing, ex·po·nen·ti·fies
v.tr.
1. To exponentially increase the severity, violence, or bitterness.
2. To immensely increase the apparent size of; magnify exponentially
3. To raise a number to the power of itself, e.g. 2^2 = 4, 3^3 = 27, 4^4 = 256
adj.
exacerbate
Used in a sentence:
Exponentify
This word is commonly used in a derogatory manner.
ex·po·nen·ti·fy
v. ex·po·nen·ti·fied, ex·po·nen·ti·fy·ing, ex·po·nen·ti·fies
v.tr.
1. To exponentially increase the severity, violence, or bitterness.
2. To immensely increase the apparent size of; magnify exponentially
3. To raise a number to the power of itself, e.g. 2^2 = 4, 3^3 = 27, 4^4 = 256
adj.
exacerbate
Used in a sentence:
- Mainstream media tended to attribute the poll results following a Republican 2008 Presidential debate as attempts by Ron Paul zealots to exponentify the number of his supporters.
- The combined mediocre performance of the service desk, unix server support team, and dba team exponentified my frustration.
- George W. Bush's use of mangled words exponentifies his perceived stupidity among the liberal elite.
Labels: politics, vocabulary
