Metricizing Michael…

Thursday, 3rd Sep, 2015 by Krilling for Company in English Usage, Fantasy fiction, Guardianistas, In Terms Of, Linguistics, Politics and tagged '60s, 'sixties, 1960s, core colossus of the counter-culture, coreness of the colossusness, counter-cultural, counter-culturality, counter-culture, daily basis, English Usage, Guardian, Guardian-reader, Guardian-readers, Guardianese, Guardianista, i.t.o., in terms of, incendiary keystone, ito, liberal English, liberal prose, liberalism, liberals, linguistics, London, Michael Moorcock, mode of metricizing, Moorcock's Miscellany, Moorcock-fan community, mutant psychology, mutant sexuality, New Worlds, nineteen-sixties, paradigm-defying narratives, Peckham, Peckham-based author and visionary, politics, right-thinking folk, The Guardian, transgressive tornado, visionary vortex | 4 Comments

All right-thinking folk are agreed that the Peckham-based author and visionary Michael Moorcock is a core colossus of the counter-culture. As the Guardian put it in 2007, he’s “the incendiary keystone of the visionary vortex that crystallized around New Worlds magazine in the 1960s, sparking a transgressive tornado that has sculpted paradigm-defying narratives of mutant sexuality, psychology and politics on an almost daily basis for over fifty years.”

But how often have keyly committed components of the Moorcock-fan community wished they had some objective mode of metricizing the coreness of the colossusness of his counter-culturality?

Well, the wait is over dot dot dot

site:http://www.multiverse.org/ “in terms of”

About 4,910 results (0.56 seconds)

• in terms of sci-fi recommendations, I gotta go — Moorcock’s
• They’re really rebellious in terms of gender, in terms of sex, in terms of politics, the portrayal of society and race, and I really want that to be …
• In terms of games I am rediscovering Zelda: Majora’s Mask with updated graphics and sound.
• … and to describe such elements in terms of Good and Evil seems (as I hope I demonstrate) a rather useless way of looking at our problems.
• We’ve reached a point, in this new century, that can be identified as both technologically and sociologically, futuristic, even in terms of the very recent past and …
• I’m wondering about stillborn-siblings in terms of esoterica: are they the next sibling born after the stillbirth, making a short appearance (i.e. is …
• I can say I’ve had one good experience with a press release distribution service, in terms of acquiring reviews.
• In terms of chronology, however, it would have to fit in somewhere between the novels The Fortress of the Pearl and The Sailor on the Seas of [Fate]

Elsewhere other-posted:

• Ex-term-in-ate!

Terminal Logorrhoea

Thursday, 3rd Sep, 2015 by Krilling for Company in English Usage, Fantasy fiction, In Terms Of, Linguistics, Politics and tagged 2015 Hugo Awards, African Diaspora, Brad Torgersen, English language, English Usage, Hugo Awards, Hugos, i.t.o., in terms of, ito, Larry Correia, liberal English, liberal prose, liberalism, liberals, nasty cruel little bully, PhD in English, Philip Sandifer, politics, quotation, quotations, Rabid Puppies, Sad Puppies, science fiction, SF, SJW, SJWs, social justice warrior, social justice warriors, Theodore Beale, Vox Day | Leave a comment

An SJW with a PhD writes:

It’s probably about time to collect all the issues and discussion of the 2015 Hugo Awards into one big post that is, at least in terms of what I have to say, a definitive take on it…. Three days after unveiling his slate of nominees, Torgersen wrote an essay explaining the necessity of the slate in terms of the “unreliability” of contemporary science fiction… The easiest mistake to make when trying to understand fascists is to think that they are best described in terms of a philosophy…. As a PhD in English with no small amount of training in postmodernism[,] I feel some qualification to speak here… and he does explain his beliefs in part in terms of a religious experience… Let us view it this way, since, in terms of the Hugos, we now have no other choice…. That covers the actual response in terms of the Hugos…. Your beliefs are horrible. You’re horrible. You’re a nasty, cruel little bully, and I do not like you…. in terms of brilliant, Hugo-worthy stuff that spits in the face of everything Theodore Beale loves… Norman Spinrad’s 1972 novel The Iron Dream, which imagines an alternate history where Hitler became a hack sci-fi writer in America, is probably the most notable in terms of just how much it anticipates this mess… afrofuturism, an artistic movement that uses the imaginative possibilities of science fiction to try to conceive of the African Diaspora not in terms of its tragic past but in terms of the generative potential of the future…. As a song, “Electric Lady” is an anthem in praise of Cindi Mayweather, long on braggadocio, but framed in terms of Monáe’s carefully worked out vision of black female sexuality… — Guided by the Beauty of Their Weapons: An Analysis of Theodore Beale and his Supporters, Philip Sandifer, 21/iv/2015.

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• Ex-term-in-ate!

Les Sez

Thursday, 19th Feb, 2015 by Krilling for Company in English Usage, In Terms Of, Linguistics, Poetry, Politics, Quotations and tagged bad English, English language, English Usage, Guardian, Guardian-reader, Guardian-readers, Guardianese, Guardianista, Guardianistas, in terms of, lifestyle, modern English, poem, Poetry, satire, satirist, Sir Les Patterson | Leave a comment

In Terms of My Natural Life

(a pome crafted by Les Patterson)

I am an Australian in terms of Nation
And a Public Servant in terms of vocation,
But there’s one thing amazes my critics and that’s
How many I wear in terms of hats:
I chair the Cheese Board, I front the Yartz
You could term me a man of many parts.
I’m a Renaissance type, if you know the term
And I’ve held long office in terms of term,
Yes, I’ve long served Australia in terms of years
And in terms of refreshment I like a few beers.
My opponents are mongrels, scum and worms
Who I bucket in no uncertain terms
And my rich vocabulary always features
Large in terms of my public speeches.
My favourite terms in terms of debate
Are: “broadbased package” and “orchestrate”.
But one term I never employ is “failure” —
Especially when talking in terms of Australia!
For in terms of lifestyle we’ve got the germs of
A ripper concept to think in terms of.
Yes, in terms of charisma I’ve got the game mastered
In anyone’s terms I’m a well-liked bastard.

Elsewhere Other-Engageable:

• Sir Les’s Website
• Ex-Term-In-Ate!

Fiat Flux

Friday, 16th Jan, 2015 by Krilling for Company in English Usage, Guardianistas, In Terms Of, Politics and tagged adequate resourcing, adversely impacted, alternate ontology, bureaucratese, communities, consultation exercise, core non-negotiability, decision-making process, English language, English Usage, ethnicity, gender-fluidity, Guardian, Guardian-reader, Guardian-readers, Guardian-reading community, Guardianista, Guardianistas, impact-assessment, in terms of, issues around, modern English, non-negotiable, on-going basis, overt illuminational hierarchy, prioritization, problematicization, ring-fenced contingencies, sexuality, vulnerable minority | 4 Comments

Q. How many Guardianistas does it take to change a light-bulb?

A. In terms of an initial / preliminary response around this obviously loaded question, I’d like to begin by problematicizing the notion that it is possible to erect an overt illuminational hierarchy whereby notions of “light” are privileged over notions of “darkness” through deployment of an “objective” and/or “value-free” modality of environmental interrogation via soi disant “sensory” channels. Next, it will (of course) be vital to undertake an in-depth consultation-exercise / impact-assessment with any and all vulnerable minority-communities of ethnicity, sexuality, gender-fluidity and/or other alternate ontology. We must ensure, on a keyly non-negotiable basis of absolute core non-negotiability, that their “fringe” inputs are prioritized on an on-going basis in terms of the decision-making process taking place around the problematicized notion of “changing” the allegedly “dead” so-called “bulb”. Issues around adequate resourcing of the consultation-exercise / impact-assessment must be addressed as a matter of urgency, with ring-fenced contingencies in place safeguarding provision of all necessary trauma counselling for vulnerable communities and/or individuals adversely impacted on a negative basis by the “bulb”-transitioning procedure and/or (indeed) the consultation-exercise / impact-assessment it/them/self/ves. Furthermore…

The Verm Terms

Friday, 9th May, 2014 by Krilling for Company in English Usage, In Terms Of, Politics, Quotations and tagged Blairism, British politics, English Usage, i.t.o., in terms of, ito, liberal English, liberal prose, liberalism, liberals, lying, political language, politics, quotation, quotations, Saudi Arabia, Tony Blair | Leave a comment

“Our relationship with Saudi Arabia is vitally important for our country in terms of counter-terrorism, in terms of the broader Middle East, in terms of helping in respect of Israel and Palestine.” — Tony Blair hits back at criticism…, BBC News, 15/xii/2006.

Elsewhere other-posted:

• Ex-term-in-ate!

Who Guards the Guardianistas?

Wednesday, 26th Mar, 2014 by Krilling for Company in English Usage, Guardianistas, In Terms Of, Politics, Quotations and tagged English Usage, Guardian, Guardian English, Guardianese, guitar music, i.t.o., in terms of, ito, liberal English, liberal prose, liberalism, liberals, loud music, music, The Guardian, Who Guards the Guardianistas? | 2 Comments

“…We’re not so much a reaction against what’s going on – it’s more down to the music that we’re into – but in terms of guitar music there hasn’t been much in terms of louder groups.” – Bored of cookie-cutter conformity in music?, The Guardian, 6/iii/ 2014.

Elsewhere other-posted:

• Ex-term-in-ate!

World Wide Watchmen

Saturday, 25th Jan, 2014 by Krilling for Company in Guardianistas, In Terms Of, Literature, Politics and tagged Alan Moore, Aurum Books, Big Numbers, book, books, borrowing books from a library, comic, comics, comix, electronic data, electronic surveillance, English Usage, GCHQ, Guardian, Guardian-reader, Guardian-readers, Guardianista, Guardianistas, hypothesis, I am not an Iron Maiden fan, in terms of, Keyly Committed Core Components of the Counter-Cultural Community, Lance Parkin, librarians, libraries, library, live librarian, Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore, Martin Amis, MOSSAD, National Security Agency, NSA, self-issue, self-issued books, self-issuing books in a library, sordid and socially unacceptable tastes, spies, spook, spooks, spying, surveillance, The Guardian, The Simpsons, Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns'n'Roses, Who Guards the Guardianistas? | 2 Comments

I prefer to self-issue books in a library. It’s quicker and more convenient. And you feel okay about borrowing books suggestive of sordid and socially unacceptable tastes. For example, who would want to hand a copy of Watch You Bleed to a live librarian?

Well, I wouldn’t mind. I find it amusing to be mistaken for a Guns’n’Roses fan, just as I find it amusing to be mistaken for a Guardian-reader. But there are limits, so I’m grateful for self-issue when I borrow, say, a biography of Martin Amis or that book about The Simpsons. The trouble is, nowadays we have to be more dubious about self-issue than we used to be. It’s all on computer and it isn’t just librarians who might be scanning the record of books you borrow. No, you also have to ask yourself: What will the NSA, GCHQ and MOSSAD think?

With this in mind, I’d like to put it clearly on record: I got that book out last year for research purposes only. Nothing more. I am not – repeat not – a fan of Iron Maiden. The same applies to that other book this year. I got it out for research purposes only, I swear. Inter alia, I had a hypothesis to confirm. I am not – repeat not – a fan of his.

And was the hypothesis confirmed? Yes, thanks for asking, it was.

As for Big Numbers, Moore asserted: “It is the most advanced comic work I’ve ever done in terms of the storytelling.” — Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore, Lance Parkin, pg. 266 (Aurum 2013)

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• Ex-term-in-ate!

He Say, He Sigh, He Sow #23

Saturday, 30th Nov, 2013 by Krilling for Company in Über-Transgression..., English Usage, In Terms Of, Politics, Quotations and tagged Bill Burroughs, Brion Gysin, counter-cultural, counter-culture, English prose, English Usage, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Genesis P-Orridge, in terms of, Keyly Committed Core Components of the Counter-Cultural Community, phantasmagoric freethinker, the underground, transgression, transgressive, underground culture, William Burroughs, William S. Burroughs | 8 Comments

“Brion knew it wasn’t William’s fault. But in terms of the general popular culture not recognizing the importance of his contribution, there was a little bitterness.” — phantasmagoric freethinker Genesis P-Orridge interrogates issues around Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs.

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• Ex-term-in-ate!

Septics vs Dirties

Friday, 5th Jul, 2013 by Krilling for Company in English Usage, History, In Terms Of, Politics and tagged American English, British English, English language, English Usage, Google Ngram Viewer, Guardian, in terms of, issues around, lexical patterns, lexical statistics, lexicographical, lexicography, ngram, ngrams, statistics | Leave a comment

Some interesting patterns at Google’s Ngram Viewer (please follow the links to see the original images with further statistics):

in terms of (American + British English)

in terms of (American English)

in terms of (British English)

issues around (American + British English)

issues around (American English)

issues around (British English)

Previously pre-posted (please peruse):

• Titus Graun
• Ex-term-in-ate!
• Reds under the Thread

The Term Turns dot dot dot

Tuesday, 2nd Jul, 2013 by Krilling for Company in Art, Über-Transgression..., English Usage, Guardianistas, In Terms Of, Literature and tagged "'Pushing the Transgressive Envelope Too Far' Too Far" too far, æsthetician John Coulthart, black Savoy nihilinja-suit, dot dot dot, gay Guardian-reader, gay Guardian-readers, gay Guardianista, gay Guardianistas, Grauniness, Grauny, Guardian, Guardian-reader, Guardian-readers, Guardianista, Guardianistas, Guardianisticity, i.t.o., in terms of, John Coulthart, John Coulthart vs Stewart Home, Keyly Committed Core Components of the Counter-Cultural Community, Manchester's Most Maverick Messiahs, Savoy Books, semiotician Stewart Home, Stewart Home, Stewart Home vs John Coulthart, The Term Turns, Titus Graun, transgression, transgressive, transgressivity, usage-metrics for "in terms of", verbicide | 2 Comments

In Titus Graun, I interrogated issues around the Grauniness, or Guardianisticity, of two keyly committed core components of the counter-cultural community: the semiotician Stewart Home and the æsthetician John Coulthart. Seeking to utilizate their usage-metrics for the core/epicentral Guardianista phrase “in terms of” (i.t.o.), I interrogated their personal websites like this in terms of January 2013:

site:http://www.johncoulthart.com “in terms of”
About 2,180 results

site:http://www.johncoulthart.com “the”
About 8,860 results

site:http://www.johncoulthart.com “and”
About 8,150 results

site:http://www.stewarthomesociety.org “in terms of”
About 123 results

site:http://www.stewarthomesociety.org “the”
About 602 results

site:http://www.stewarthomesociety.org “and”
About 599 results

Noting that Coulthart’s site used “the/and” approximately 14 times more often than Home’s, I adjusted Home’s raw i.t.o.-score accordingly: 123 x 14 = 1722. I concluded that Coulthart, with an i.t.o.-score of 2180, was approximately 26·59% Graunier than Home – exactly as one might have hoped, given that Coulthart is not merely a Guardianista (good), but a gay Guardianista (doubleplusgood). But that was in terms of January. When I re-interrogated their websites in terms of June 2013, I discovered that the semiotic situation had transitioned in a most disturbing and disquieting way:

site:http://www.johncoulthart.com “in terms of”
About 1,080 results

site:http://www.johncoulthart.com “the”
About 8,680 results

site:http://www.johncoulthart.com “and”
About 8,010 results

site:http://www.stewarthomesociety.org “in terms of”
About 119 results

site:http://www.stewarthomesociety.org “the”
About 541 results

site:http://www.stewarthomesociety.org “and”
About 536 results

I was aghast (literally) to see that Coulthart’s i.t.o.-metrics have spiked (in reverse). Other lexicostatistical metrics have transitioned relatively little: his site now seems to use “the/and” approximately 15·5 times more often than Home’s. Home’s raw i.t.o.-score is 119 and 119 x 15·5 = 1844·5. So it is now Home who is approximately 70·78% Graunier than Coulthart.

This can only be described as highly suspicious. What has Coulthart been up to? Has he been spraying his site with verbicide? Has he donned a black Savoy nihilinja-suit™, crept out under cover of darkness and clubbed innocent i.t.o.’s as they lay basking in the feral radiance of Manchester’s Most Maverick Messiahs? If so, this is “‘Pushing the Transgressive Envelope Too Far’ Too Far” too far. Even M.M.M.M. must look askance at behaviour like that. Surely.

Previously pre-posted (please peruse):

• Titus Graun
• Ex-term-in-ate!
• Reds under the Thread

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Who Guards the Guardianistas?

World Wide Watchmen

He Say, He Sigh, He Sow #23

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The Term Turns dot dot dot