Dan Minette wrote:
>
> Right. And un is the prefix for negation. So, good is good;
> bad is ungood; plus good is better; plus ungood is worse;
> double plus good is best; double plus ungood is worst....
> well, sorta...it lacks the nuance, but that _is_
> the point. :-)
>
No! Quote [from...
http://www.paganteahouse.org/newspeak.html
... which, BTW, defined _plus-X_ as the superlative
of _X_ -- IIRC, the superlatives would be *_X-er_*
(relative) and *_X-est_* (absolute)]
"If you want a stronger version of "good", what sense
is there in having a whole string of vague useless
words like "excellent" and "splendid" and all the
rest of them? "Plusgood" covers the meaning, or
"doubleplusgood" if you want something stronger
still. "
In other words, *_plusgood_ is excellent, not better
Alberto Monteiro
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