see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/invitational/invit980802.htm
Dopeler effect: the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. (Greg Oetjen, Lorton) and he seems to be a Bridge player from VA... Lucy E. Lynch Academic User Services Computing Center University of Oregon llynch @darkwing.uoregon.edu (541) 346-1774/Cell: 912-7998 On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Randy Bush wrote: > > in chicago, kc attributed this quote to me > > Dopeler effect: the tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter > when they come at you rapidly. > > the closest attribution i have is > > The Washington Post's "Style Invitational" asked readers to > take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, > subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new > definition. > > randy >