On 6/17/2012 9:05 AM, John Gilmore wrote:
Words can of course have different specialized meanings in different contexts, but there is ordinarily an evolutionary path between these meanings.
My favorite along these lines is "stench", that did not always mean unpleasant. I vividly remember a streetcar ride where almost every passenger carried freshly cut lilacs, to the point where the smell was overpowering, though not unpleasant.
Alternative suggestions?
I used "unbased". Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, VT
