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From: stuart@rochester.UUCP (Stuart Friedberg)
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Subject: Re: Pedants, Please: Re-posting
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Date: Sun, 14-Aug-83 00:05:06 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 14 00:05:06 1983
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While it hasn't been blessed by a long period of usage, there are two
interpretations of "repost". One would be to send again; the other would
be to send back (a la "riposte"). Both meanings are entirely consistent
with the (several) uses of the prefix "re-".

I tend to accept straightforward formulations of "new" words. Repost makes
sense to me, although I would probably use "post again".