I hate to disappoint you guys but Bush didn't make up misunderestimate. Here are a few instances of it's use far before him.
1897 ...is almost sure to misunderstand and misunderestimate the significance of the question at hand. — The Outlook, American Diplomacy on the Bosphorous April 17, 1897
1975 Now in the very earliest years of the eighteenth century it is understandable that, owing to the inevitable, due to our never-to-be-misunderestimated Frederick the Gross... — Thomas Merton, My Argument With the Gestapo 1975.
1980 And I think after Three Mile Island, not only does the NRC itself understand that it sadly misunderestimated the number of ways in ... — Accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Powerplant: Oversight Hearings 1980
1992 ...not only the disciples within their accounts, had seriously misunderestimated the life and teaching of Jesus. — Adelbert Denaux, John and the Synoptics 1992
1997 Whatever happened to Espy? Well, what happened to Espy is what happens to people whether you're a former congressman or not. If you understand the power -- if you misunderestimate the power of the intense bureaucracy in these agencies and departments and federal institutions, you go, they stay.. — John Conyers (D-MI), DELIVERS REMARKS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S COALITION OF MINORITY EMPLOYEES August 19, 1997
It is:
1. (colloquial, malapropism, or, intentionally incorrect) To underestimate by failing to understand.
2. (colloquial, malapropism, or, intentionally incorrect) To hold in low esteem, yet still expect too much.
3. (colloquial, malapropism, or, intentionally incorrect) To insufficiently or incorrectly underestimate.
Oh yeah, I am not a subject under military jurisdiction. So, the President is not my Commander in Chief. And by the way does anyone want to tell the class what the gold fringe around the American Flag represents.
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michaelhvrt commented on the word misunderestimate
I hate to disappoint you guys but Bush didn't make up misunderestimate. Here are a few instances of it's use far before him.
1897 ...is almost sure to misunderstand and misunderestimate the significance of the question at hand. — The Outlook, American Diplomacy on the Bosphorous April 17, 1897
1975 Now in the very earliest years of the eighteenth century it is understandable that, owing to the inevitable, due to our never-to-be-misunderestimated Frederick the Gross... — Thomas Merton, My Argument With the Gestapo 1975.
1980 And I think after Three Mile Island, not only does the NRC itself understand that it sadly misunderestimated the number of ways in ... — Accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Powerplant: Oversight Hearings 1980
1992 ...not only the disciples within their accounts, had seriously misunderestimated the life and teaching of Jesus. — Adelbert Denaux, John and the Synoptics 1992
1997 Whatever happened to Espy? Well, what happened to Espy is what happens to people whether you're a former congressman or not. If you understand the power -- if you misunderestimate the power of the intense bureaucracy in these agencies and departments and federal institutions, you go, they stay.. — John Conyers (D-MI), DELIVERS REMARKS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S COALITION OF MINORITY EMPLOYEES August 19, 1997
It is:
1. (colloquial, malapropism, or, intentionally incorrect) To underestimate by failing to understand.
2. (colloquial, malapropism, or, intentionally incorrect) To hold in low esteem, yet still expect too much.
3. (colloquial, malapropism, or, intentionally incorrect) To insufficiently or incorrectly underestimate.
Oh yeah, I am not a subject under military jurisdiction. So, the President is not my Commander in Chief. And by the way does anyone want to tell the class what the gold fringe around the American Flag represents.
January 23, 2009