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From: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: the word "gritly" (?Bostonian)
Message-ID: <692@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 17:01:23 EST
Article-I.D.: cylixd.692
Posted: Wed Jan 15 17:01:23 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jan-86 06:03:22 EST
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In article <2502@amdahl.UUCP> gam@amdahl.UUCP (G A Moffett) writes:
>A co-worker here used the work "gritly" in describing something
>distasteful, ugly.

I find such obvious distortions of ordinary words rather grisly.

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