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标 题: [转载] A.Word.A.Day--verbicide
发信站: 紫 丁 香 (Thu May 18 21:43:55 2000), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
verbicide (VUR-buh-syd) noun
1. The willful distortion or depreciation of the original meaning of
a word.
2. A person who willfully distorts the meaning of a word.
[Latin verb(um) word + -i- + -cide killer, killing.]
"Noggs dreads to think what fragrant words our English verbicides have
been putting out for the dustmen at dead of night."
Newman Noggs, Books: Between the lines, The Daily Telegraph, Sep 19, 1998.
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