One of my patients just e-mailed me that Tweety

[PCIntern]

asked Howard Fineman, who had just used the word 'hubris', if that was "a real word" and did George Stephanopoulis make it up and "what does it mean, smart alec?"

Anyone see this??

"Things you say with Out-of-control-diabetes for 100, Alex."

[Skittles]

1. if anyone should know the word HUBRIS

it should be TWEETY

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. I think it was whether "hubristic" is a word

[PCIntern]

5. It is...is the adjectival form of the word...

how TF can someone challenge someone like Fineman on TeeVee? One thing Howard knows is language...

[kentuck]

11. The adjectivalization always seems to confuse folks..

[hlthe2b]

7. That must have been it. I could swear I've heard Tweety use the word "hubris" before...

repeatedly...

[trof]

10. Here ya go: "hubristic":

Hubris (play /ˈhjuːbrɪs/), also hybris, means extreme pride or arrogance. Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power.

The adjective form of hubris is "hubristic".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubris

[Enrique]

3. maybe he's trying to get on "Fox and Friends"

dumbing it down like Gretchen Carlson.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

4. Tweety never heard it in a movie before

so he didn't think it was a real word.

[Inuca]

6. That's silly!

I did not watch, so I have no idea what he said, but I DID hear him refer to the book with the same title repeatedly. He knows it's a word and he knows what it means. He may have his faults, but poor vocabulary is definitely not one.

[emulatorloo]

9. I'd be surprised as well. Probably joking with Fineman, patient misunderstood.

Didn't see it either, but agree that Tweety has an excellent vocabulary.

[notadmblnd]

8. I think he used the word "hubristic" and tweety asked about that being real word or made up

[railsback]

12. Just watch the first segment of Hardball today

Matthews totally dissed/embarrassed Michael Steele. Its a classic segment. Then maybe you all won't be so quick to cherry pick something Joe's momma said because its a fad.

[surrealAmerican]

13. Apparently, the man does not know how ...

... to use a dictionary!

too funny