Dennis Marks has a, shall we say, "unique" way of looking at the world that differs from that of ordinary people. The purpose of this series of posts is to define what I have decided to call "Dennisisms". They could also be called "dmarkisms", if you prefer (given the fact that dmarks is Dennis' Blogger ID).
If one finds him or herself involved in a conversation with Mr. Marks, confusion regarding this fellow's use of terms might result. You think he's talking about one thing, but you've got it wrong. The reason being that Dennis invents his own definitions and uses his own terminology. Yeah, that tripped me up at first too.
Problem is, this is something that Dennis is not even aware that he's doing. As far as he's concerned, his dictionary rewriting, personal definitions and phraseology is normal. He just makes this stuff up and believes it applies to everyone! Unbelievable, but true.
For this first installment the Dennis re-terminology I am highlighting is "dictionary rewriting", which Dennis may accuse a detractor of if said detractor quotes the dictionary to prove him wrong.
Yes, you got that right... an EXACT dictionary quote - complete with a link to ensure no words have been changed - is "rewriting" according to this delusional doofus.
Dennis last accused me of this when I cited Dictionary.com, which defines a synonym as "a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another". Dennis' argument is that since "create" and "invent" are synonyms, that Al Gore actually did claim to have invented the internet, as "create" (the word he actually used) is a synonym of "invent".
Obviously Dennis defines synonyms as words that always have EXACTLY the same meaning (Dennis rewrites the dictionary definition by removing the "or nearly the same meaning" portion).
You were right! I AM scratching my head and thinking - how the hell can one person be THIS deluded?
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