The press lives the fashion of unbridled words. These can sometimes be misunderstood, and moreover, amusing statements emerge.
a whole legion of functionless exaggerations, brutal , fantastic , horroristic star, queen, legendary and similar vivid but self-aggrandizing words and phrases applied to more and more people Linguistic abuse is common, verbal firecrackers explode. The consequence of this is often the rejection of meaning and even the confusion of words.
Thus, for example, the press lives the fashion of unbridled words. These can sometimes be misunderstood: "He's quite an interesting personality, but despite his quirks he's incredibly smart ." Isn't it better to believe he's smart? So let's say this instead: despite his quirks, he is amazingly ( admirably ) smart . " The county's first-class point hunt promises incredible excitement ." The author must have wanted to write this (correcting another error in the sentence): the county's first division promises to be breathtakingly exciting . "Everyone disgustingly nice and tried to help," I read on a website. This structure would have been more accurate: extremely nice . "I'm not even trying to deny that terribly attractive to me," they write on a website. More precisely: very (rather, extremely) attractive . At the beginning of the year, the media reported: " Horribly famous Hungarian novels and works will become completely free to use". Among them, Ferenc Molnár's The Pál Street Boys. his novel and The Glass Shoe. a touchingly beautiful comedy. Let's change words: he is especially ( extremely ) famous.
"This girl is very beautiful , she is very pretty and has a perfect figure!"; " is a terribly beautiful girl, I have tried many times with her, but without success". - I read on the world wide web. Or terrible, terrible - or beautiful, fabulous ! If the latter (certainly), then, for example, it is strikingly beautiful . Or: fairy-beautiful, delightful . And there are other, similar examples in the press: " A terribly beautiful imaginary symphony!" In accordance with the content intended to be expressed, the music enchanting (or extraordinarily beautiful, and thus even alliterative)!
"There is so much you need to know about this gentleman that..." was heard on the radio. gentleman as an unnecessary and exaggerated expression . In this case, the objective designation is more precise: from the boy ( man ), from Mr. "This gentleman and his like-minded friends don't even notice, because they only notice what they want." They are really "gentlemen"... - in huge quotation marks. Just kidding: that's a wrong word! How about the following: "The gentleman stole a laptop in a hotel in the city". Also: "This gentleman wanted to exercise absolute power, so he did not tolerate contradiction and demanded that all decisions depend on his approval." They are also "gentlemen", and in the best way!... (Of course, this word can or does have a pejorative undertone - especially in spoken language, marked with emphasis - but it is considered a misnomer, especially in writing, if we use it for perpetrators of harmful actions.) What about our English-speaking friend? would we understand that we call an unscrupulous, inferior person a gentleman a scoundrel ?
Empathy is a good quality for a journalist, it is gratifying if the reporter gets into the story. But getting too carried away can do more harm than good. The words and expressions marked below do not benefit even an enthusiastic text, and they do not bring the subject to greater esteem and fame than he already has, just as the attitude of the speaker will not be truer by using these exaggerations: "I remain with infinite respect " ; "he continues with infinite humility ". The respect and humility " have great expressive power in themselves, they hardly require a separate adjective. " unbeatable success " with sufficient moderation, in Hungarian: unique, unparalleled success.
Uncle X. " has a kind word for everyone the godfather of " - the media shouts. They used to say that someone falls over to the other side of the horse... What's more: his good intentions lead him to fail. The last statement is exactly: the authority , the know-it-all .
Author: Lajos Arany
