Money quote: “I am a polymath. You are a generalist. He is a dilettante.”

rkangel · on June 7, 2019

Yes Minister calls these 'irregular verbs':

"I give confidential briefings, you leak, he has been charged under section 2a of the Official Secrets Act"

"I have an independent mind, You are eccentric, He is round the twist."

Apparently Yes Minister isn't the origin of the concept though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotive_conjugation

moate · on June 4, 2019

I feel like with so many people suffering from Impostor syndrome these days, it's probably "I am a dilettante. He is a polymath".

ybalkind · on June 4, 2019

Brilliant