<< Learning in Transit | Main | Computron Etiquette >> January 17, 2007 >> Honour in Anything The word honorarium is funny to me, mostly because it seems like a fancy way of saying bribe. Right now, we're trying to get a prominent academic to give a keynote talk at our grad conference. We found somebody, but the dude said that he will "require an honorarium." Like, if you want me to come lecture you losers, you'll have to slip a fat envelope across the table first. Honorarium can also mean "due payment". If there's a shitty job at school that noone wants, like Secretary for the Council of Meeting about Meeting Times and Acceptable Flavours of Donuts, they'll offer an honorarium as incentive for someone to fill the position. Sometimes people do, just to get the HONORARIUM. Honorarium. It's just such a silly, falooting word. It's so academic, in that it tries to imply honour in doing just about anything. Leave it to higher education to adopt its own terminology for a standard transaction, let alone one that sounds like you should get a medal alongside your cash. VERY CLEVER, ACADEMIA. I wonder if the cafeteria workers at Ryerson get honorariums too? Posted by Chris at 03:40 PM >> Commentations (3)
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