Comments on: A Prediction

By: Bob K

Bob K — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:40:06 +0000

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.

By: SayUncle » Blog Archive » Miers continues to be an embarrassment

SayUncle » Blog Archive » Miers continues to be an embarrassment — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:19:25 +0000

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

By: Kevin Murphy

Kevin Murphy — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 21:24:55 +0000

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.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 04:49:13 +0000

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.

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 15:34:14 +0000

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

By: Flap

Flap — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 02:49:20 +0000

Like Munson (Kingpin)?

By: steve sturm

steve sturm — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 01:12:43 +0000

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?

By: Paul Deignan

Paul Deignan — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 00:37:15 +0000

Or both.

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

By: Doc Rampage

Doc Rampage — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 00:27:25 +0000

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

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 23:20:12 +0000

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.