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From: romain@pyrnj.uucp (Romain Kang)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Is English decaying rapidly?
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Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 11:59:30 EST
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Summary: "core dump" as a verb

One peeve of mine is the use of "core dump" as a verb:
	"This subroutine core dumps when you don't provide all arguments."
	"Core dump that sucker so we can see why it bombs!"
	...
Is not the correct verb be "to dump", with "core" as its object?

Or, how about "aggravate", as in "ring of aggravate monster"?
(oops, showing my Unix background again.....)
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Romain Kang, Pyramid Technology Corporation

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