From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 96889 invoked by alias); 11 Mar 2016 15:38:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 96860 invoked by uid 89); 11 Mar 2016 15:38:32 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=Dictionary, HTo:U*cygwin-talk, mal, illness X-HELO: mail-io0-f175.google.com Received: from mail-io0-f175.google.com (HELO mail-io0-f175.google.com) (209.85.223.175) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-GCM-SHA256 encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:38:31 +0000 Received: by mail-io0-f175.google.com with SMTP id g203so150011498iof.2 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 07:38:31 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Wv72+KTTED6H+w03OkpAUlLQclDH/efv63hWo9HC9ug=; b=lxs33iGBwvIKZmRebyd/QlfNnHfokpJKjLIWzoS0aghxYr1OaUPLUjBIpqcham9o4Z DmfPJq0dg0qinAO8UiBEArjJEIsISzbjNmZsX2XdB4uOKj9Q5vTJzaU9M6G6vgnoyRWl nLRcT1o89i7G92m9iwhvC934NXNZtLeAg6Kh6cmUEcSJ9t04QxSnHjMvW3sKDVjoZ0b0 PklCVqsNEVyJ4EtIf1RtDhUPLSmYEy0Ug4Wehmj3okXzoan347As+oUesOa6ngVxJi6S 7oSVCi9I3sKrWROo+Ljfs5pwEsdZ2PY7IjkKd0ss+lTeraAm3dU+p2f0k7KiGI67nqCh T+qQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJINqaO8bTN8oBXYNOJlT0ugvM7QNi3XiTy6eB63MbPbkMP8JaiCnUfsdlGzuwpV0w== X-Received: by 10.107.134.29 with SMTP id i29mr10696911iod.112.1457710709756; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 07:38:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.9] (d27-96-48-76.nap.wideopenwest.com. [96.27.76.48]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w184sm3668612iod.4.2016.03.11.07.38.29 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 11 Mar 2016 07:38:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: On malingering To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: From: cyg Simple Message-ID: <56E2E67D.4000800@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:38:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-q1/txt/msg00001.txt.bz2 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