Political word of the day - wtf does it mean?
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JazzManJim
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Amelie said:
I'm hoping they were talking about some sort of court case. That's the usual usage for it.
It means that whatever they're describing as "dispositive" is aimed toward the disposition (generally, the final decision) of the case.
Calamity Jane
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Main Entry: dis.pos.i.tive
Pronunciation: di-'spä-z&-tiv
Function: adjective
Date: 1613
: directed toward or effecting disposition (as of a case)
Pronunciation: di-'spä-z&-tiv
Function: adjective
Date: 1613
: directed toward or effecting disposition (as of a case)
LukkyKnight
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dis-positive
From dis, meaning anti, and positive, meaning not negative
confused: ultimately, dis-not-negative contains a double negative itself, hence it is in fact, simply negative.)
From dis, meaning anti, and positive, meaning not negative
confused: ultimately, dis-not-negative contains a double negative itself, hence it is in fact, simply negative.) JazzManJim
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Amelie said:
Ick. Lawyerspeak. I'm betting that's what they were, right?
Basically, what they were saying was that Bin Laden made statements in the video which would make any legal case against him a slam-dunk. Or at least that the statements would bear directly on how the case was decide.
