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Catachresis

SYLLABICATION:cat·a·chre·sis

PRONUNCIATION: kt-krss

NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. cat·a·chre·ses (-sz)

1. The misapplication of a word or phrase, as the use of blatant to mean “flagrant.” 2. The use of a strained figure of speech, such as a mixed metaphor.

ETYMOLOGY:Latin catachrsis, improper use of a word, from Greek katakhrsis, excessive use, from katakhrsthai, to misuse : kata-, completely; see cata– + khrsthai, to use; see gher-2 in Appendix I.

OTHER FORMS:cata·chrestic (-krstk) , cata·chresti·cal (-t-kl) —ADJECTIVE
cata·chresti·cal·ly —ADVERB From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Welcome to Catachrestic. I'm not fully sure what this blog will be about, but one thing is certain: it will involve--at least in part--a critique of rhetoric in general and political rhetoric in particular. It won't only be that. Politics is a poison, and one that needs to put aside in order to live one's life and the sad state of politics in the United States.