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English
Etymology
From Lawson + -ize. Named after American businessman Thomas W. Lawson, co-founder of the controversial Amalgamated Copper Mining Company and later author of Frenzied Finance, which told the story of the amalgamation in an aggressively one-sided manner.
Verb
Lawsonize (third-person singular simple present Lawsonizes, present participle Lawsonizing, simple past and past participle Lawsonized)
- (obsolete, early 20th century, US, usually derogatory) To amalgamate.
1906, The National Engineer:A little Lawsonizing might do the department mentioned a power of good in the way of housecleaning.
1909, State Teachers Association, Proceedings of the New York State Teachers Association ... Annual Meeting, New York:Their spelling would often make Josh Billings envious and their logic is only in process and hasn't yet been “ Lawsonized.” But we don't worry over their crudity while they are learning to strike out.
1913, Pacific Marine Review:I will add right here that if there was ever any industry in this country that needed Lawsonizing any more than the whaling and latter day merchant marine does, I have not heard of it.
- (obsolete, early 20th century, US, usually derogatory) To harshly criticize, to use the press to condemn a rival business.
1904, Irving P. Fox, The Spatula:Admitting Mr. Bok's right to play to the gallery if he wishes, why can't he play fair? Why can't he Lawsonize things he knows something about ?
1905, Life:He could Lawsonize the theatrical world with some very diverting 'frenzied drama ,' no doubt.
1917, The Magazine of Wall Street:he time was when the public feeling against the Standard Oil has been Tarbellized and Lawsonized into almost a fever-heat.