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Phil Knights Diction (paranoid Pg. 142 "at my hotel that night i went…
Phil Knights Diction
paranoid Pg. 142 "at my hotel that night i went to bed thinking,hoping, id been paranoid about Kitami" (knight 142)
Def: unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful.
this word is a denotation and is commonly used as a type of insult for someone who is allways scared of what is to come.
the author used this word to show how he was afraid that kitami was going to drop his business for good.
micromanaged Pg. 90. "one lesson i took from all my home schooling about heroes is that they didn't say much. none was a blabbermouth. none micromanaged" (knight 90)
Def: control every part, however small
this is a denotation. usually used to describe someone who tries to hard to correct others and is mainly considered a negative insult because it is mostly used to describe bad people.
the author used this word to describe heroes and how he is trying to make himself look better by comparing himself to one.
poaching Pg. 96. "while Johnson was busy poaching on the Marlboro mans turf, the Marlboro man was poaching our poaching" (knight 96)
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blabbermouth Pg. 90 "one lesson i took from all my home schooling about heroes is that they didn't say much. none was a blabbermouth. none micromanaged" (knight 90)
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beaverishly Pg. 91 "He worked seven days a week,selling and promoting blue ribbon, and when he wasn't selling he was beaverishly building up customer data files. (knight 91)
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