From: cyg Simple <cygsimple@gmail.com>
To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: On malingering
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:38:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56E2E67D.4000800@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.63.1603091926550.36942@m0.truegem.net>
On 3/9/2016 10:32 PM, Mark Geisert wrote:
> My coinage: malingering: mal- (something bad) + lingering (something
> hanging around)
>
> Dictionary: malingering: to pretend illness, especially in order to
> shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
>
> Moral of this story: When coining a new word, make sure it doesn't
> already exist with another meaning. Sheesh.
You can always coin a new meaning to an existing word. It's how
language evolves.
--
cyg Simple
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