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Re: Metroliner Club car.. it begs the question..
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 20 Jul 2001 14:34:04 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, William R. Ward writes:
> "Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> writes:
> > Yikes, that IS unfortunate! Here's one: "factoid"-- I have the same
> > problem with the popular (2nd def'n.) use of this word (y'all who've used it
> > this way here know who you are!) as is mentioned in the usage note at
> > dictionary.com:
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> > http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=factoid
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> I think your battle is lost on that one. I'd never even heard of the
> 1st meaning. They should switch the two, to better describe common
> usage.
*sigh* I think you're right. It's like the transformation of the word
inflammable into flammable, I suppose (although it has always bugged me that
people would find nothing strange about having a word they thought means
"non-combustible" plastered on the side of a tanker truck-- I mean, why
bother?).
Maggie
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| (...) 1st meaning. They should switch the two, to better describe common usage. I have a vague memory of a book called _Factoids_ and a line of desktop page-a-day calendars and such that listed all kinds of obscure trivia, from the late 80's. But (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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