Monday, June 09, 2003

Random question for Beallsvonian readers: what is your favorite word to use that may or may not be a real word, created by removing the negative aspect of a more common word? For instance, Tim and Kristan tend to refer to a competent person as "ept". I often like to think of well-dressed people as "sheveled", when I'm happy I consider myself "gruntled", and I once won a game of Balderdash in part by recognizing that someone with scruples has "ruth". Does anybody else enjoy these constructions, and do you actually use them in conversation, or just use them to amuse yourself?

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