A Prediction

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1. steve sturm Says:
   October 7th, 2005 at 1:38 pm

   I can see an adjective: Miers, a blank slate… or as a noun: Miers, a person unworthy of promotion…

   but as a verb? I’m going to Miers you..? I guess you’re playing off Bork… but Bork(ing) refers to a process, which I don’t see a parallel for Miers.

2. tgirsch Says:
   October 7th, 2005 at 1:57 pm

   I think you ignore two possiblities: First, that she could be a descriptive noun (synonymous with crony). And second, that she could be both a Supreme Court Justice and such a noun. :)

3. tgirsch Says:
   October 7th, 2005 at 1:58 pm

   (although I see steve already hit the noun thing, even if his “adjective” example is actually also a noun…)

4. steve sturm Says:
   October 7th, 2005 at 2:11 pm

   Knew I should have paid more attention in English class… well, what does one expect from a class taught by the wrestling coach?

5. Xrlq Says:
   October 7th, 2005 at 4:20 pm

   The idea behind the verb is that if her nomination doesn’t go through, it will be for reasons different enough from Bork’s to warrant a verb of her own. No clue how she’ll do if confirmed.

6. Doc Rampage Says:
   October 7th, 2005 at 5:27 pm

   “Miers” is too common as a name to make a good verb. “Bork” and “Fisk” are unusual names.

7. Paul Deignan Says:
   October 7th, 2005 at 5:37 pm

   Or both.

   As in the sentence, “That CEO of ours just Miers’d this place up bad with that last reorganization.”

8. steve sturm Says:
   October 7th, 2005 at 6:12 pm

   As a verb suggestion, how about “he sure Mier’d his way into his new job”, as in getting promoted through cronyism and NOT by being the best candidate for the job?

   Or, did I screw it up again and come up with another noun?

9. Flap Says:
   October 7th, 2005 at 7:49 pm

   Like Munson (Kingpin)?

10. tgirsch Says:
    October 8th, 2005 at 8:34 am

    Nope, that one’s a verb. For an adjective, you could use it in something like “getting the Miers treatment.”

11. Xrlq Says:
    October 8th, 2005 at 9:49 pm

    Both is possible, but only if she turns out to be an unusually good, bad or otherwise remarkable Justice, and then only if that is tied in to how she was nominated. If she becomes just another run of the mill Supreme Court Justice, how she got on will quickly become an historical footnote.

12. Kevin Murphy Says:
    October 9th, 2005 at 2:24 pm

    I doubt she’s be a verb, only because “to meirs” something is awkward in English, where “to bork” is not. But perhaps “to mier”, but there’s already “to mire”, so maybe not that either.

    WHat I expect is a nominee who performs at confirmation rather like the law student who didn’t study performs when called upon. As in not knowing the details of cases like Wickard or Loving.

13. SayUncle » Blog Archive » Miers continues to be an embarrassment Says:
    October 20th, 2005 at 9:19 am

    [...] It’s looking more and more like Verb every day. [...]

14. Bob K Says:
    October 20th, 2005 at 10:40 am

    Kevin’s right. Her name doesn’t really sound verbish. I think, insted, she’ll be a noun. For example, here’s a future office water cooler conversation:

    Worker #1: That new head of marketing is quite a Miers, don’t you think?

    Worker #2: Yeah, but since he’s a friend of the boss, we’re stuck with him.

    Worker #1: You’re right; that’s why I’ve updated my resume.

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