01.18.2008, 02:46 PM
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invito al cielo
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: atari
Posts: 2,228
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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
it doesn't DENY them, it's totally unrelated to them.
jeezus johnson, what a mishmash.
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mish-mash?
catachresis
kat-a-kree'-sis Gk. “misuse” abusio figure of abuse, abusion
The use of a word in a context that differs from its proper application.
This figure is generally considered a vice; however, Quintilian defends its use as a way by which one adapts existing terms to applications where a proper term does not exist.
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