Today Mallard proposes another new word for our language, "Zelnik." This word would be used as a verb. It is named after a reporter who used to work for ABC news but now admits he cannot live up to EVEN HIS OWN standards for good journalism. I don't know if that's why he had to leave ABC or if Mallard/Tinsley is correct and he was canned for writing a partisan book about the Vice-President.
Nonetheless, the duck wants us to add Zelnick to refer to a conservative who doesn't work for ABC. Today's cartoon doesn't provide an example in context for this new verb (other than its namesake), but at least Mallard is admitting that he made the usage up. In previous stories where he butchered the English language, there wasn't even that justification.
So this reporter was let go because he didn't do what his bosses told him to do. If it wasn't job related, I might care. I mean if they fired him because he was a conservative that would be sad. But they kept him on for years knowing he was a conservative. Let me give you a tip there Mallard, if your boss comes to you and says "hey, this thing you're doing is incompatible with your continued employment." you should probably pay attention.
It cuts both ways Mallard. David Brock is no longer working for the American Spectator because he couldn't stomach what he called the "gothic world of anti- Clintonism." Mr. Brock even went so far as to issue an apology to President Clinton for the lies he told as a reporter for that magazine. He admits that even as he was writing the stories he "thought it was far-fetched." And yet the Duck didn't propose that we add the verb "Brocked" to the dictionary to refer to a rabid Clinton-hater who suddenly developed a conscience. Gee, I wonder why not?
Hey Mallard! Let's carry your stupid premise a little farther. Let's suggest the phrase "Smith'ed" to the scholars at Oxford. This phrase would be used to refer to a right-wing tycoon who pays thousands of dollars to civil-servants so that they will "remember" committing crimes that might embarrass a politician.
And then there's .... well this could go on forever. If we let Mallard control our dictionary pretty soon Ebonics is going to sound like a rational idea.
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