hurricane Catrina denier

[ostap77]

"Richard Gere is not a hurricane Catrina denier. I just said it to you so we didn't have to watch "Pretty Woman" for the 74th time."

What does "hurricane Catrina deinier" mean in it?

[birdeen's call]

A Catrina denier is someone who denies Catrina -- I would guess. I have no idea why Richard Gere should be a Catrina denier. You've been here for over a year now, ostap. Have you not noticed that answers can be much more satisfying when you provide context?

[ostap77]

A Catrina denier is someone who denies Catrina -- I would guess. I have no idea why Richard Gere should be a Catrina denier. You've been here for over a year now, ostap. Have you not noticed that answers can be much more satisfying when you provide context?

Than I would have to get you the whole script of "Happy Endings", episode 1 season 2. There's been a tiny dispute between spouses where the housband said this to his wife. They just wanted to be honest with each other and say what things each of them didn't like.

[BobK]

I don't understand the minutiae of the context, but don't be misled by dictionaries that tell you 'denier' is something to do with the thickness of fabric! It can be (pronounced /'deniǝ/); but here it is just the noun formed from 'deny'. I expect the most frequent use of this sort of 'denier' is in the expression 'Holocaust denier'. On that analogy, a 'hurricane C(K?)atrina denier' would be someone who holds that the media reports about that hurricane were a hoax or a conspiracy.

Perhaps, in the context, it's something to do with TV viewing preferences. One prefers documentaries - even ones involving ponitless speculation about manifestly real events; the other prefers re-runs of romantic comedies (or whatever Pretty Woman is - it 'ain't my cup o' meat').

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[JohnParis]

Hurricane Katrina killed 1,836 people in August of 2005. It remains the costliest natural disaster in the history of The United States. A “Hurricane Katrina denier” would be someone who denies that the hurricane happened.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

[Barb_D]

And there is absolutely NOTHING WRONG with watching Pretty Woman for the 74th time!

[5jj]

And there is absolutely NOTHING WRONG with watching Pretty Woman for the 74th time!

Now, if you were talking about Casablanca,

[Barb_D]

I think I've seen Casablanca more times than any movie except The Princess Bride.

[SoothingDave]

The charged word "denier" (because of the very real and reprehensible "Holocaust denial") has become all-too-common in politics today. It has become fashionable in certain factions to cast those who do not share your beliefs as "deniers" of some indisputable scientific fact.

[5jj]

I think I've seen Casablanca more times than any movie except The Princess Bride.

I was going to compliment you on your taste until I came to the last three words.