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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread To laugh #169071 07/08/07 12:38 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra OP addict OP Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 I sometimes see "laugh" used to mean "say with a laugh" as in, Quote: "Go to hell", laughed Albert. This sense is not in the dictionary. Is it somewhat incorrect? (That is, "best avoided in careful usage", as my dictionary sometimes puts it.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted To laugh Hydra 07/08/07 12:38 PM Re: To laugh dalehileman 07/08/07 02:03 PM Re: To laugh Buffalo Shrdlu 07/08/07 02:26 PM Re: To laugh Jackie 07/09/07 02:43 PM Re: To laugh Maven 07/09/07 04:53 PM Re: To laugh Zed 07/09/07 07:39 PM 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,420 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,284 guests, and 21 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,590 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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