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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Words better known in their negative forms #14298 01/09/2001 2:10 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2 LauraBean stranger LauraBean stranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2 When I was 10 or 11, I used the word "ruly" in a school paper and got into an argument with the teacher, who claimed it was not a valid word. I still like the word, however, and wonder, if "gruntled" and "vincible" pass as valid, why not "ruly"? Laura in CT Laura in CT Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Words better known in their negative forms Wordsmith 01/01/2001 6:01 AM Re: Words better known in their negative forms funkbunny 01/03/2001 5:55 PM Re: Words better known in their negative forms tsuwm 01/03/2001 7:08 PM Re: Words better known in their negative forms of troy 01/03/2001 9:38 PM Re: Words better known in their negative forms Jackie 01/06/2001 5:12 AM Re: Words better known in their negative forms of troy 01/08/2001 1:51 PM Re: Words better known in their negative forms FMD 01/08/2001 3:14 PM Re: Words better known in their negative forms Jackie 01/08/2001 5:30 PM Re: Words better known in their negative forms LauraBean 01/09/2001 2:10 PM Re: Words better known in their negative forms tsuwm 01/09/2001 3:02 PM Re: Words better known in their negative forms Jazzoctopus 01/09/2001 11:28 PM Re: Words better known in their negative forms LauraBean 01/10/2001 8:17 PM Re: Words better known in their negative forms Dickins 01/12/2001 9:13 PM Re: Words better known in their negative forms maverick 01/13/2001 2:53 PM Re: Words better known in their negative forms wsieber 01/19/2001 8:20 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,384 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,209 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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