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From: romain@pyrnj.uucp (Romain Kang)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Is English decaying rapidly?
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Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 14:13:08 EST
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> > Or, how about "aggravate", as in "ring of aggravate monster"?
> What about it?
My dictionary seems to be buried, so I'll have to quote roughly
(Random House): "The use 'to annoy, irritate, or exasperate' is
avoided by precise writers and speakers in formal contexts, but its
use has become widespread."

> Your problem is you don't realize that coredump is all one word.
Oh, well.  That seemsthewayourlanguagedecayingevolvingoris...

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