http://wordie.org/words/phatic Comments for the word 'Phatic' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/phatic#comments Or as Marshall McLuhan has it, "the medium is the message." Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:27:28 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/phatic#comments http://wordie.org/words/phatic#comments It is so unappealing, but it has such a great meaning. Pity. Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:24:59 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/phatic#comments http://wordie.org/words/phatic#comments I am a great fan of "phatic communion" - conversational exchanges with almost no meaning ("Nice weather for this time of the year!") just to show that you care enough to say something. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:11:45 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/phatic#comments