Occaisional Post: the Lexicon

Occasionally, there isn't a word that properly describes an event or phenomena.   And the lovely thing about the English language, is that it's adaptable.  So here are a few words I've coined to better describe  certain types of events.  The list will grow over time, and link to similar descriptions elsewhere.


Our first word: "Trayvoning".   The practice of substituting an old photo of a much younger version of an accused perpetrator, for a recent and more accurate photo.  The classic case is that of Trayvon Martin in which these photos:

. . . .were generally used to depict the late Mr. Martin. . . .  where more recent photos showed a very different Trayvon. . .

We've seen this happen again recently with the Boston Marathon Bombings, with a photo of a young Dzokhar Tsarnaev attached to a petition for a "fair trail". . .

 

. .  .versus the photos, the day of the bombing. . .

It's a fairly standard, and quite pitiful method of trying to frame opinion about someone who is nowhere as clean and innocent as some people try to make them look. . . .