Coined Phrases
Adams has coined or popularized several words and phrases over the years, such as:
- BOCTAOE (But Of Course There Are Obvious Exceptions)
- Confusopoly
- Cow-orker
- The Dilbert Principle
- Dilbertian
- Elbonian
- Induhvidual
- PHB (Pointy-Haired Boss)
- Philosotainment
"Cow-orker" was a pre-existing word from Usenet that Adams popularized through his newsletter. Similarly, "Induhvidual" gained popularity through the newsletter, though it was coined by a reader.
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Famous quotes containing the words coined and/or phrases:
“The slogan ‘45 minutes in Havana’ was not coined in the Cuban city, but in a Yankee cigar factory here.”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“It is a necessary condition of one’s ascribing states of consciousness, experiences, to oneself, in the way one does, that one should also ascribe them, or be prepared to ascribe them, to others who are not oneself.... The ascribing phrases are used in just the same sense when the subject is another as when the subject is oneself.”
—Sir Peter Frederick Strawson (b. 1919)