XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@dev.null   
      
   On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 9:59:21 +0000, Ross Clark wrote:   
      
   > On 25/09/2024 3:45 p.m., Ken Blake wrote:   
   >> Such a reference to Germany is invidious and a distortion of the reality   
   >> of   
   >> the contribution made by German democracy to the Western community since   
   >> the end of the war.   
   >> https://www.nato.int/acad/conf/future95/rodman.htm   
   >>   
   >> It's interesting the meaning has flip flopped recently.   
   >>   
   >> invidious   
   >> adjective   
   >> 1a: of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : OBNOXIOUS   
   >> invidious remarks   
   >> 1b: of a kind to cause harm or resentment   
   >> an invidious comparison   
   >> 2: tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy   
   >> the invidious task of arbitration   
   >> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invidious   
   >>   
   >> Etymological flip flop:   
   >>   
   >> Fittingly, "invidious" is a relative of "envy." Both are descendants of   
   >> "invidia," the Latin word for "envy," which in turn comes from invidere,   
   >> meaning "to look askance at or "to envy." ("Invidious" descends from   
   >> "invidia" by way of the Latin adjective invidiosus, meaning "envious,   
   >> whereas "envy" comes to English via the Anglo-French noun envie.) These   
   >> days, however, "invidious" is rarely used as a synonym for "envious."   
   >> The   
   >> preferred uses are primarily pejorative, describing things that are   
   >> unpleasant (such as "invidious choices" and "invidious tasks") or worthy   
   >> of   
   >> scorn ("invidious remarks" or "invidious comparisons").   
   >>   
   >   
   > I see interesting changes here, but I don't know about flip-flop.   
      
      
      
   where do you see the Flip-Flop ???   
      
      
              i wonder...    is the company name  Nvidia .........   
      
      
      
   The 1990s: Founding years to IPO   
      
               The name NVIDIA is an amalgamation of two terms: invidia,   
   the Latin word for “envy,” and the acronym NV (short for “next   
   vision”),   
   which the company used early on to label its files.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)