Thursday, September 23, 2004
Alison Annan and dictionary.com - they just work together
Go to www.dictionary.com and type in 'anticlimax'. I was going to use the definition to highlight my feelings towards the painfully predictable ending to her employment dispute, in doing so found a bit of humour. You would think this definition was penned with the whole sorry scenario in mind:
an·ti·cli·max Audio pronunciation of "anticlimax" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nt-klmks, nt-)So the short version is that Annan walks away with a stack of taxpayer cash and no doubt with her head held high.
n.
1. A decline viewed in disappointing contrast with a previous rise: the anticlimax of a brilliant career.
2. Something trivial or commonplace that concludes a series of significant events: After a week of dramatic negotiations, all that followed was anticlimax.
3. A sudden descent in speaking or writing from the impressive or significant to the ludicrous or inconsequential, or an instance of it: “Waggish non-Yale men never seem weary of calling ‘for God, for Country and for Yale’ the outstanding single anticlimax in the English language” (Time).
But the Auditor General's report could still make her go peacock (or Ostrich even).
