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From: brad@SU-ISL.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Non-words we already know the meanings of
Message-ID: <110@SU-ISL.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 9-Sep-85 13:40:06 EDT
Article-I.D.: SU-ISL.110
Posted: Mon Sep  9 13:40:06 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Sep-85 07:46:06 EDT
References: <465@petfe.UUCP>
Reply-To: brad@SU-ISL.UUCP (Bradley Clymer)
Organization: Information Systems Lab, Stanford University
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Summary: 

In article <465@petfe.UUCP> evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) writes:
>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...

couth really is a word! (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary):

couth (adj) : sophisticated, polished.

couth (n) : polish, refinement.