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OP > Not to mention that it adds a degree of precision not present in the simple paid.
Well, I mean ... I'm not looking to condemn the word, however clunky it may be. But I do find this one amusing because the usage of 'paid' doesn't have a lot to do with 'postpaid' - afterall you pay *afterwards - so its a contract where the payment for services is subsequent to their utilisation. To couple 'post-' with the past tense(!) of 'to pay' for this purpose is just classic, IMO. The tense just jars with the original meaning. I do enjoy these new prefixed words though, like 'prepone'.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted postpaid belligerentyouth 11/29/05 03:57 PM late fee Owlbow 11/29/05 04:39 PM Re: postpaid sjmaxq 11/29/05 10:35 PM Re: postpaid Buffalo Shrdlu 11/29/05 10:37 PM Re: postpaid Faldage 11/29/05 11:24 PM Re: postpaid maygodbwidu 11/30/05 11:02 AM Re: postpaid belligerentyouth 11/30/05 11:18 AM Re: postpaid Faldage 11/30/05 11:37 AM Re: postpaid Bingley 11/30/05 02:26 PM Kinda off the subject AnnaStrophic 11/30/05 06:53 PM Re: postpaid WhitmanO'Neill 11/30/05 11:33 PM Re: postpaid TEd Remington 12/01/05 12:10 AM
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