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> > > If "fortification" means a very large fort, why doesn't "ratification"
> > > mean a very large rat?
> > And "ramification" should mean a very large ram,
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH Bagels and LOX *
Considering this trend and the other continueing list of "comments which 
got people kicked of the RADIO/TV" I offer the following question:
(my friend and I used to ask ourselves this one)

If "overkill" implies 'too much kill',

what does "overcome" imply?

(and you wonder why English is a confusing language?)