"the infamous _____ Dossier". Just stop it.

[underpants]

in·fa·mous
ˈinfəməs/
adjective
-well known for some bad quality or deed.
"an infamous war criminal"
synonyms: notorious, disreputable; More
-wicked; abominable.


There's nothing "infamous" about the Dossier. Fighting an uphill battle here I know because the news media is just lazy and copycat - this is why we hear of "collusion" when the correct term is "conspiracy".

A brief google search shows the following operations have referred to the "infamous Steele/Trump/Trump-Russian Dossier"
Washington Post
Vanity Fair
Fox
Vice
NPR
USA Today
Time
All the networks
I just heard it on CNN (Burnett) and read it on a Talking Points Memo piece earlier.

It's not INFAMOUS. It's real, well researched, and has had a huge effect.

[Hekate]

1. Thank you for caring about the meaning of words

[elleng]

2. Right, it's FAMOUS.

Very confusing to some, I guess.

[sprinkleeninow]

3. 'The Famous, Most Excellent and Superbly Prepared Dossier'.

Words hold meaning.
Thank you. It irks me, too.

[PJMcK]

4. Words have specific meanings

This is why we have dictionaries: they define the commonality of language. That’s how we are able to communicate.

Great post, underpants!

[Igel]

5. Hitler and Stalin are infamous.

They're nonetheless real, well researched, and had a huge effect.

Would you consider the Steele dossier and the information it describes as a "good"?

Never mind. Too subjective a question. I've sat and downed vodka with a Communist who believed Stalin was good and Eltsyn was betraying her country by colluding with the Americans. In a country where the erasure of paeans to the Red Army was ground for her extreme bitterness at the lack of gratitude for all the good her country and generation had done for them.

[underpants]

6. Good point

I didn't finish that off well

[NCTraveler]

7. Thank you.

I didn’t even recognize that. Abuse of the word seems to have changed my perception of it in use. I know it’s meaning yet it’s incorrect usage doesn’t even register as I’m reading.