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From: rob@ptsfa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: words and their opposites
Message-ID: <682@ptsfa.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Jun-85 23:57:37 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 10 23:57:37 1985
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In article <584@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.UUCP (Glenn Reid) writes:
>-----
>How about ... the fact that "fat
>chance" and "slim chance" mean effectively the same thing?
>

It seems to me that "fat chance" was originally sarcastic while
"slim chance" was not. Big deal!  :-) :-)
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Rob Bernardo, San Ramon, California
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