Discourse Analyst Prints

Gloria just called me an animal. Are you going to take that kind of an insult? ?

Donald Trump

"Forget digression, imbecilio, chiasmus, isocolon, paradox, diacope, anaphora, metonymy, litotes - just take offence."

Here's the Weird Anti-Terrorist Trash Talk That Stayed on Donald Trump's Cutting Room Floor After the Manchester Attack

Trappist Monk Discord

"Teleconferencing makes it just like they're in the room with us - things are unclear and difficult to understand."

"Presidential approval ratings. US stock market confidence indices. U.S. dollar index. So much winning."

The bluebird of passive-aggressiveness

"This is ridiculous! I say we get back on speaking terms!!"

Vladimir Putin 101: Saying the Opposite of What You Mean

'He can toot his own horn but when he starts tooting the government's we need to step in.'

Moral Outrage.

'Safe!'

He dies at the end. There, I've spoiled every story ever written. Whether it's a person, a quest, ennui, a dream, a struggle, hope, despair, innocence, cynicism, a romance, a friendship, or an estrangement

The psychiatrist.

"The depth of your wrongness is so deep that it is unknowable."

The movie was over. But not for Bob.

'Well, if I'm being honest, I think he's a raging narcissist.'

'You're trying to find yourself? -- No offense, but if I were you, I'd look for somebody ELSE.'

'You know, sometimes I think we don't even speak the same body language.'

'Do you get the feeling there isn't much substance in most conversations?'

"You know what I bet it is? I bet we're breaking up but we just don't realize it yet."

"May I air-quote you?"

The Three Passive/Aggressive, Co-Enabling, Chemically-Dependent Billy Goats Gruff

"I just wish I hadn't spent most of my life reading the comments below online news articles"

NBS NEWS DIVISION, 'You've written a nice editorial on Sarah Palin here, but change 'said' to 'spewed,' and 'speech' to 'vitriol.''

"My platform can be summarized in a single word: Leadership!"

"Dial M for MacGuffin."

Concrete action v local solution

'Not guilty, Your Honor, by reason of watching of watching too much political opponent-bashing.'

'Nice talking to you, but would you please excuse me? I need to get some air...'

'I blame the internet.'

'Anyway, enough about you. Let's talk about me.'

'What's the point of looking at your side of the argument when it's wrong?'

Trump's Authoritarian Complaints About the Press