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#128473 05/11/04 04:03 AM
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I know the opposites to these; but can you provide others for a quick quiz? Let's say we put the answers next week starting May 17. Thanks.

What are their opposites?

a) nocturnal
b) retroactive

Answers, as explained above, will be provided next week.



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Retropassive?


#128475 05/11/04 09:17 AM
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a) whosthereal



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#128476 05/11/04 11:12 AM
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a) diurnal
b) It's on the tip of my fingers.


#128477 05/11/04 11:55 AM
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a) whosthereal

This board needs a :rolleyes emoticon.


#128478 05/12/04 01:58 PM
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NOW I get it--HA HA HA HA! That was great, eta!
a) nocturnal
a) whosthereal

Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Eta.
Eta who?
Eta you let me in or I'll keep telling knock-knock jokes.




#128479 05/14/04 09:15 PM
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This is not quite an opposite, but, if a woman-hater is a misogynist, what is a male-hater?


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A misandrist. And generically a misanthrope.


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Misanthropes just hate other people altogether. See Moliere.


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Misanthropes just hate other people altogether. See Moliere.

I meant generically gender-wise. From the Gk anthropos 'human', ander 'man', gyne 'woman'.


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OK - gotcha!


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The answers I had in mind were:
a) nocturnal: diurnal
b) retroactive: prospective


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b) retroactive: prospective
Huh. I'd have said proactive. (pro-active?)


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b) retroactive: prospective

I of got to admit that's not the one that was (and still is) lurking in the tips have my fingers.

And, Jackie? proactive is the opposite of reactive.


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