Comments on: Word of the Day! https://sorrywatch.com/word-of-the-day/ Analyzing apologies in the news, media, history and literature. We condemn the bad and exalt the good. Mon, 10 Aug 2020 23:52:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: in which my brother and his husband have a simcha https://sorrywatch.com/word-of-the-day/#comment-215134 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 21:46:08 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=6218#comment-215134 […] And at SorryWatch, this is less happy: Crappy apologies, apology-shaped objects, and onomatopology after the implosion at Romance Writers o….  […]

]]> By: EPH https://sorrywatch.com/word-of-the-day/#comment-215131 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:42:49 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=6218#comment-215131 In reply to Snarly.

no! NO! no etymology. The idea that Onanism is implicit to onomatopology is so very apt, especially in this specific context. Think about it: the faux apology makes no effort to please the wronged person, is entirely about satisfying the people who committed the wrong in the first place, and there’s a big sticky mess involved. It’s PERFECT.

]]> By: Snarly https://sorrywatch.com/word-of-the-day/#comment-215130 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:45:02 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=6218#comment-215130 In reply to Cheryl.

OW, CHERYL

]]> By: Cheryl https://sorrywatch.com/word-of-the-day/#comment-215128 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:13:19 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=6218#comment-215128 Was that an etymolopology? 😀

]]> By: Snarly https://sorrywatch.com/word-of-the-day/#comment-215127 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:13:16 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=6218#comment-215127 In reply to Cheryl.

Oh, God. Should I add some etymology? I should probably add some etymology.

]]> By: Cheryl https://sorrywatch.com/word-of-the-day/#comment-215126 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:26:54 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=6218#comment-215126 It took me a moment to figure out that “onomatopology” drives from onomatopoeia rather than Onanism; I was picturing a self-indulgent apology, which also sort of works.

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