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OP Something all of us wish to avoid.
Date: Mon Dec 4 00:30:41 EST 1995
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--catachresis
cat.a.chre.sis or cat.a.chres.ti.cal \.kat-*-'kre--s*s\ \-'kre--.se-z\\-'kres-tik\ \-ti-k*l\ \-ti-k(*-)le-\ n or cat.a.chre.ses [L, fr. Gk katachre-sis misuse, fr. katachre-sthai to use up,] pl misuse, fr. kata- + chre-sthai to use 1: use of the wrong word for the context 2: use of a forced and esp. paradoxical figure of speech (as blind mouths) -
cat.a.chres.ti.c adj.
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