So far, we have had Twitter, Tweet, Facebook, and perhaps-more big industries-to-come. Google? Their business practices came back to bite them and their days of revealing, deleting, gerrymandering (an interesting word and meaning) I have never understood. The definition is a silent, quiet word, one that isn’t tossed around casually. Why, I wonder.
[ˌjerēˈmandəriNG]NOUN
gerrymandering (noun) · jerrymandering (noun)
1. the manipulation of an electoral constituency's boundaries so as to favor one party or class:
"gerrymandering protects the party lines and keeps bad incumbents in power"
ORIGIN
early 19th century: from gerrymander + -ing.
Here are some synonyms:
manipulating, cheating, pettifoggery, rigging, corruption, falsifying, manipulation, fraud, and more.
What struck me is that there are no synonyms below, just antonyms:
honor, oath, justice, integrity, honesty, sincerity, truth, and more.Basically, being called a gerrymander is a negative thing as part of its meaning.
Being called truthful is a positive thing as part of it definition.
Are you a gerrymander or honest? Pettifoggery or sincerity? Manipulate or guide?
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