Self-confessed IS a word, and was properly used.
on 2/15/03 7:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sarah writes: > > << He's a self-confessed homophobe >> > > That's it . . . I have done my best to stay out of the latest political poop > pile, but I can't maintain my silence with this "self-confessed" business. > Has there ever been a confession that wasn't "self-confessed?" The word to > use is "confessed," as in "He's a *confessed* homophobe." > > Why can't the English speak English? ;-) > > --Bob
