Word of the Day for Thursday, January 20, 2011
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grangerize \GRYEN-juh-rahyz\, verb:
grangerize \GRYEN-juh-rahyz\, verb:
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1. To add to the visual content of a book by inserting images not included in the original volume, often by mutilating other books.
1. To add to the visual content of a book by inserting images not included in the original volume, often by mutilating other books.
2. To mutilate books in order to get illustrative material for such a purpose.
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Maybe if the B.O. had simply grangerized the Obamacare bill with pictures illustrating government waste instead of adding a bunch of pork and possum and other such regulatory nonsense, the House wouldn't have passed a bill to repeal it - it would never have passed to begin with!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Grangerize is named after James Granger (1723-1776), an English clergyman whose "Biographical History of England" (1769) included areas for additional illustrations.
Grangerize is named after James Granger (1723-1776), an English clergyman whose "Biographical History of England" (1769) included areas for additional illustrations.
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