Does the use of the word "trove" bother anyone else?

[pat_k]

Trove
trōv

noun: trove; plural noun: troves

a store of valuable or delightful things.
"the museum's trove of antique treasure"

Origin
late 19th century: from treasure trove.

And here's the definition of it's origin, "Treasure Trove":
A hidden store of valuable or delightful things.


The email was "hidden"?

How so?

Do they really think Abedin intended to "hide" these emails on Weiner's computer?

The email represents "a store of valuable or delightful things"?

Valuable? In the context of a criminal investigation, the things that are "valuable" are the things that represent evidence of a crime.

Delightful? The only people "delighting" in the discovery of this "trove" are Hillary's opponents.

The only people I'd expect to be using the word "trove" are the ones writing partisan hit jobs. But it's appearing all over the place.

Is this bothering anyone else?

[fleabiscuit]

1. I can see how one could have a brain worm with that. Kick.

[TrekLuver]

2. I think people are using it to mean "a lot"

[pat_k]

3. Yeah. I know. But it srikes me...

... as a very loaded term.

It may just be me

[subterranean]

4. I noticed it in a New York Times headline today.

And yes, I did wonder why they chose to use that particular word.

[pat_k]

6. When I first noticed in relation to

... the email on Weiner's computer, I think it was a Fox story, so I wrote it off as propaganda. Then I saw it in NYTimes and CBS pieces and was surprised.

It's been used in relation to wikileaks documents. It fits when applied to something like the docs Snowden released. Those were a "treasure trove" of information. And the information had been hidden from us in the name of "national security."

Don't know how it ended up being used as a synonym for more neutral terms like "batch" or "collection." Maybe reporters don't know the difference. Or just like how it sounds. A least it isn't appearing in things from the AP or Reuters (that I've seen anyway). I guess they are more thoughtful about editorial standards.

[exboyfil]

5. I commented on this earlier

with the Evan Perez piece (who definitely needs to go to journalism school since he first reported that Abedin's attorney's were agreeing to allow a search of the PC, but later retracted that portion of the story).

It is a prejudicial word.

[pat_k]

7. Good to hear I'm not the only one.

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Even if I'm one of a very small minority.

In light of the far more blatant and destructive examples of selective reporting, outright lies, and other propaganda floating around, being bothered by this little word may be out of proportion, but it strikes me as an example of how subtle propaganda can be.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. It doesn't mean "hidden", it means "found" - from the French "trouver"

Oxford English Dictionary:

trove, n.
Short for treasure-trove n. (q.v.), in sense ‘a valuable find’. Hence, a source of treasure, a reserve or repository of valuable things.

treasure-trove, n.
Etymology: Originally two words, in Anglo-Norman tresor trové = Latin thesaurus inventus, in 15th cent. rendered in English tresoure founden, founde, found; in 16th cent. with the French form anglicized treasure trovey, trove, trouve

a. lit. treasure found (see b), i.e. anything of the nature of treasure which any one finds; spec. in English Law: Treasure (gold or silver, money, plate, or bullion) found hidden in the ground or other place, the owner of which is unknown.

[pat_k]

10. "found hidden in ground or other place..."

Is doesn't really matter. It's a loaded word in the abedin email context... just a pet peeve.

It fits for something like the Snowdon docs. They were a treasure trove of important/valuable nformation hidden from us in the name os national security.

[MirrorAshes]

9. Of all the things

Try not to sweat the small stuff.

[pat_k]

11. Thx

I know it. (See #7)



Thanks!