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  2. From: dks@athena.mit.edu (dks)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: words that peeve me
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul26.225248.27492@athena.mit.edu>
  6. Date: 26 Jul 92 22:52:48 GMT
  7. References: <gate.BmwFoB1w164w@buscard.fidonet.org> <9541@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
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  12.  
  13. In article <9541@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> michaeln@cs.uq.oz.au writes:
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  15. >In article BmwFoB1w164w@buscard.fidonet.org, dand@buscard.fidonet.org (Dan Davidson) writes:
  16. >> Then, what do you think of *verbs* such as "finalize", "destruct",
  17. >>"conference"... ?
  18. >
  19. >The other two I can live with, but "destruct"?
  20.  
  21. Yeah, "destruct."  
  22.  
  23.     Synonym: destrue
  24.     Antonym: constroy
  25.  
  26. Get with the program!
  27.  
  28.  
  29. Dhanesh
  30.