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I've always thought that word meant "capable of being penetrated". After all, a hapless female doesn't get PREGNATED, does she? She gets IMpregnated. OK, sometimes she does it with malice aforethought. Which isn't the main point, and you know it.
So why do I hear people using the word "impregnable", penetrable, obviously intending the opposite? Am I completely out of sync with current reality?
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Impregnable?
birdfeed 12/22/2002 7:48 PM ![]()
Re: Impregnable?
musick 12/22/2002 7:56 PM ![]()
Re: Impregnable?
birdfeed 12/22/2002 8:02 PM ![]()
Re: To preg the impregnable.
Faldage 12/22/2002 8:04 PM ![]()
Re: To preg the impregnable.
birdfeed 12/22/2002 8:17 PM ![]()
Let me count the ways
musick 12/22/2002 8:23 PM ![]()
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Faldage 12/22/2002 8:23 PM ![]()
Re: Impregnable?
emanuela 12/24/2002 9:11 AM ![]()
Re: Inimpregnable?
Faldage 12/25/2002 4:48 PM
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