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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread mis-used words #17279 01/27/2001 2:50 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Today's LA Times has story about DirectTV zapping illegal cards used to steal their programs. Calls the crooks "bootleggers". I'm trying to picture the thieves walking around with a satellite dish, even a small one, inside a knee length boot. Must be awkward, and would be equivalent of house arrest, unless they have very long lead-in cable. One of my other pet peeves is using "decimate" to mean nine tenths destruction. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: mis-used words #17280 01/27/2001 3:15 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky The house-arrest anklets don't have wires attached. I take your point, though. I thought bootleggers originally applied to people who made or sold liquor illegally. We've had a long thread on decimate, if you want to Search for it. You'll find you're not alone! ======================================================== EDITED IN LATER http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=1344 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: mis-used words #17281 01/27/2001 6:03 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA By all means, see http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/091.html I agree with you, of course. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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