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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: wrongeousness #23371 03/19/2001 3:04 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Think you are right, Bingley. But there is a serious pont underlying it - Tsuwm, I reckon defining something by its invert does not adduce a positive quality: eg, 'unsmooth' does not speak the same thought as 'rough'. Is there an alternative? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted wrongeousness paulb 03/18/2001 9:41 AM Re: wrongeousness tsuwm 03/18/2001 4:02 PM Re: wrongeousness wordcrazy 03/18/2001 5:21 PM Re: wrongeousness Bingley 03/19/2001 5:17 AM Re: wrongeousness maverick 03/19/2001 3:04 PM apposite opposites Sparteye 03/19/2001 3:23 PM Th'excluded middle shanks 03/19/2001 3:38 PM Re: Th'excluded middle Sparteye 03/19/2001 4:00 PM Re: Th'excluded middle maverick 03/19/2001 4:06 PM Re: Not Guilty isn't Innocent wow 03/19/2001 5:31 PM And yet, and yet... shanks 03/20/2001 10:05 AM Re: And yet, and yet... Sparteye 03/20/2001 2:04 PM Going under for the third time shanks 03/20/2001 2:29 PM Re: Going under for the third time wow 03/20/2001 3:09 PM Re: Going under for the third time shanks 03/20/2001 3:47 PM Re: And yet, and yet... Scribbler 03/20/2001 4:05 PM Re: wrongeousness tsuwm 03/19/2001 3:23 PM Re: wrongeousness Jackie 03/19/2001 3:43 PM Re: wrongeousness: Nemmine all that Faldage 03/19/2001 5:52 PM Re: wrongeousness: Nemmine all that tsuwm 03/19/2001 6:52 PM Re:Apposite opposites Scribbler 03/20/2001 2:18 AM Re:Apposite opposites Capital Kiwi 03/20/2001 7:09 AM Not guilty vs innocent NicholasW 03/20/2001 8:54 AM wrongousness NicholasW 03/20/2001 9:01 AM Re: wrongousness Capital Kiwi 03/20/2001 9:08 AM Re: wrongeousness: Nemmine all that Bean 03/20/2001 1:12 PM Re: Th'excluded middle Cobbett 09/07/2012 5:32 AM 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,438 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,253 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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