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- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Words that are Opposites...
- Message-ID: <16B5F123B5.VSLARRY@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il>
- From: VSLARRY@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il (Larry Israel)
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 20:44:31 GMT
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- References: <C17z6D.ILD@mach1.wlu.ca>
- Organization: Weizmann Institute of Science
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- In article <C17z6D.ILD@mach1.wlu.ca>
- brea9430@mach1.wlu.ca (breadner ken u) writes:
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- >Here's an idiosyncracy I have always found fascinating.
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- My favorite synonym/antonym pair - best and worst, when used as verbs.
- To best someone in a fight is the same as to worst someone in a fight.
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