Another overly-discovered lost negative is "ert." It was used in the movie, "Private Benjamin," and I've heard it elsewhere, too. A man who respects and admires women is never called a "gynist," and one who is functioning with all faculties intact is never called "capacitated." Unafflicted people are not blessed with muscular trophy; in fact, medicine offers a windfall of negative words, all of whose opposites are "healthy," since many pathologies are named for the malfunctioning of some system, part or organ.


"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous