Recently, I used the word "enrolling" to describe my daughters persuasiveness/charming behavior. My friends being the word
Nazis that they are, quickly denounced my use of the word in this fashion and said it was an abuse of the english language.

I admitted that it was a stretch but I argued that it was a reasonable stretch and certainly not abuse, likening it to the "enlisting" the aid of another (a close synonym).

They countered that using its denotative "to enlist" was inappropriate since connotatively it is clear this use of the word is meant for larger causes than my daughters single request...

What do people here think?

I'm not attached to either way, just want to get an outside perspective since my friends and I may have inherent biases...

Thanks,

GCG

Last edited by GCG; 07/30/10 07:01 AM.