Butler limitates

by daverclear on Mar 19, 2008 1:52 PM EDT

Billy Butler invents a new word

I wasn't able to create a link but if you go to the Royals MLB site and check out the spring training videos you'll find one called, "Butler getting comfortable." In it Butler says that if you go up to the plate thinking only about home runs it "limitates" you. He then goes on to say that UNC will win the National Title...being a Kansas fan I don't know which is more wrong :). In all fairness the camera man was about four inches from his face.

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Insert Emmitt Smith Joke Here

by Gopherballs on Mar 19, 2008 1:58 PM EDT reply actions

awesome

i like it

when Emmitt said the Patriots got debacled, that was one of the greatest things ever

by Freneau on Mar 19, 2008 2:08 PM EDT reply actions

Languages are fluid

I, for one, am very happy that Billy Butler doesn't limit himself to the official lexicon of the English language. I think our language is all the richer for invented faux-words like "limitate" and "prabble." Keep up the good work and stay classy, Billy.

I probably disagree with you.

by Scott McKinney on Mar 19, 2008 2:19 PM EDT reply actions

I'm wondering

If there's a subliminable message behind it. Part of some new strategery.

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by RoyalsRetro on Mar 19, 2008 2:25 PM EDT reply actions

It's Life

Limitating art.

I'm not getting older....oh, wait, yes I am....and slower.... and weaker. God, this is great!

by philofthenorth on Mar 19, 2008 2:27 PM EDT reply actions

or limitating lart?

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by marbotty on Mar 19, 2008 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Perhaps "L'Art"

I'm not getting older....oh, wait, yes I am....and slower.... and weaker. God, this is great!

by philofthenorth on Mar 19, 2008 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions

But I'm LeTired.

well, have a nap. Then FIRE Z MISSILES!

Sorry if that was too obscure.

by KC Chris on Mar 19, 2008 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions

SHIT SHIT

WHO THE F**K IS SHOOTING US!?!

by wildthang on Mar 19, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions

f-ing kangaroos

Woot Woot!

by KC Chris on Mar 20, 2008 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions

WTF?

Mate

Sign Alex Gordon to a life time contract!!!

by eboston on Mar 20, 2008 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions

He's perfect as he is

I hope nobody removes his charm by edumacating him.

by loyal2s dad on Mar 19, 2008 2:52 PM EDT reply actions

Sounds like a GW speak to me.

Maybe the Prez should use that in describing the economy. limitating, great word.

Be loyal, Be Brave, Be Free.

by hardyguy on Mar 20, 2008 2:13 PM EDT reply actions

"Limitate" Is Just

The verbing of a noun; happens all the time.

I'm not getting older....oh, wait, yes I am....and slower.... and weaker. God, this is great!

by philofthenorth on Mar 20, 2008 2:58 PM EDT reply actions

Isn't "limit" the verbing of that noun?

I probably disagree with you.

by Scott McKinney on Mar 20, 2008 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions

"Limitation" Has No

Verb definition; limit does.

I'm not getting older....oh, wait, yes I am....and slower.... and weaker. God, this is great!

by philofthenorth on Mar 20, 2008 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Right

And "limitation" has a verb form: "limit". When something gives you a limitation, it limits you. "Limitate" is a very odd, unnecessary and ungrammatical construct.

I probably disagree with you.

by Scott McKinney on Mar 20, 2008 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions

I Always Thought

So, too. Then I found this:

Roget's New Millennium<sup>TM</sup> Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: limitation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: restraint
Synonyms: bar, block, check, circumspection, condition, constraint, control, cramp, curb, definition, disadvantage, drawback, impediment, inhibition, injunction, modification, obstruction, qualification, reservation, restriction, snag, stint, stricture, taboo
Antonyms: extension, increase
Notes: limit marks an end to something; limitation is the extent of one's capacity or a constraint that stops something.

I'm not getting older....oh, wait, yes I am....and slower.... and weaker. God, this is great!

by philofthenorth on Mar 20, 2008 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions

What am I missing?

I didn't see anything there which changes our understanding of limit, limitation or limitate.

I probably disagree with you.

by Scott McKinney on Mar 20, 2008 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Limit And Limitation

Are not interchangable.

I'm not getting older....oh, wait, yes I am....and slower.... and weaker. God, this is great!

by philofthenorth on Mar 20, 2008 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes, but

...the context in which Butler used "limitate" would have been perfect for the verb "limit." While the nouns limit and limitation are not exactly the same, the verb "limit" covers a wide area.

I probably disagree with you.

by Scott McKinney on Mar 20, 2008 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions

That Never Stopped

Anyone; press, pressure, pressurize, pressurization. Do we really need all of those?

I'm not getting older....oh, wait, yes I am....and slower.... and weaker. God, this is great!

by philofthenorth on Mar 20, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions

All of those words have different meanings

They all capture something the other words don't. The verb "limitate" offers nothing not already covered by "limit". I don't have a problem with linguistic innovation, if it actually moves the language forward in some way. I don't see how this does. I think it was just a not overly articulate guy misspeaking.

I probably disagree with you.

by Scott McKinney on Mar 20, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions

just because he was inarticulate

doesn't mean he didn't find a way to say something new. i love it - limitate. for example, disorienting and disorientating - same meaning but with a shade of difference in context.

by 390 on Mar 21, 2008 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm Certainly Not

Arguing that point. Neologisms are mostly pointless, and they clutter up the language with unnecessary syllables. To press is to pressure, but pressure is a noun. To pressurize is to press; unnecessary. Pressurization is pressure; by extension unnecessary. They have become accepted because we have accepted them, but they are not necessary to clearly express an idea. We just think they are.

I'm not getting older....oh, wait, yes I am....and slower.... and weaker. God, this is great!

by philofthenorth on Mar 21, 2008 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions