Social is as social does

Something I had not heard before, from another blog poster, and feel worth preserving...

I seem to remember (from some depressingly deep recess of my memory) that it was Friedrich Hayek who said that putting 'social' in front of any term usually denotes something entirely opposite in meaning. Thus:

"social justice" = gross injustice and official discrimination
"social security" = poverty and insecurity
"social worker" = someone who does nothing
"social democrat" = someone who imposes their views on others after gerrymandering the vote
"social care" = neglect (possibly involving death)
"social contract" = the origin of totalitarianism (J-J Rousseau)
"social reform" = the reimposition of feudalism.

It may have been Popper, but the idea certainly has legs.

As one in the thick of it, I might be tempted to come up with a version for social enterprise, but that might be cutting off the hand...