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Looking at the etymology Wordsmith gives for "valorize", the old quibbler questions its qualification for designation as a red-herring word.
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I dunno, oq. Valorize sounds to me like it means to make brave.
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although today's word does stem from the same root as valor, it also meets Anu's only criterium for red-herring words: words which lead us into pitfalls if we try to deduce their meaning by guessing.
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