Max Kennerly on Nostr: Amusing how Kathleen Parker & WaPo wanted to sound fancy by not using "weaponizing," ...
Amusing how Kathleen Parker & WaPo wanted to sound fancy by not using "weaponizing," but she's just wrong.
"Weaponing" is to furnish with weapons, e.g., "the armorer was weaponing the soldiers."
The word she means is "weaponizing," i.e., "to adapt for use as a weapon."
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