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From: evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Non-words we already know the meanings of
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Date: Mon, 2-Sep-85 14:09:29 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  2 14:09:29 1985
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Anyone ever consider all the words that aren't words, but if these words
were words, we'd already know what they meant?  (Huh?)

I think the best way to illustrate is with examples:

We know what non-chalant is, but how about chalant.  Chalant is not a word,
yet if it were, it would clearly be the opposite of non-chalant.

Others might be on-handed, couth...

Any other suggestions?

--Evan Marcus
(with this I am retiring my somewhat long, yet amusing .signature)
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