"So, by co-opting words which have nothing to do with jihadism, they [Isis] broaden themselves and try to claim ideological territory that they wouldn't be able to if they had something specific".
Besides coining phrases, Dr. Lakoff said, the right has co-opted certain words — a practice that was demonstrated, he said, in President George W. Bush's second inaugural address, which used "freedom," "free" or "liberty" 49 times in 20 minutes.
The East India Company was able to dominate an entire continent with a few hundred company men because it adapted to local customs, even to the point of co-opting local words such as "nabob" and "loot .But in focusing on culture they are clearly onto something important.
It would be foolish to think this movement can be co-opted by words that aren't followed up with action.
"The Port Hope Police is a mostly male, white Canadian police association co-opting the words of a movement that was founded by queer black women for their own purposes.
"The Port Hope Police is a mostly male, white Canadian police association co-opting the words of a movement that was founded by queer black women for their own purposes," she said.
Rather opt for words such as "gigantic" or "fantastic".
"Can... .. he starts, then stops in his tracks, reconsidering, carefully selecting his words, opting for the even more polite "could".
We considered adopting a "relaxing" theme to our promotion, but, alas, two other stations had already co-opted the word.
Genuine sceptics have always hated the way that climate science deniers have co-opted a word that's central to scientific inquiry.
Other social networks use less-intimate terminology to portray contacts (LinkedIn has "connections," Twitter has "followers"), but Facebook famously co-opted the word "friend" and created a new verb.
