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lutusp
on Oct 8, 2012
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Yes, fair enough -- in that case, I had to either choose a gender for one word or go with one of those malaprops like "they".
stray
on Oct 9, 2012
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That wouldn't have been a malaprop. A malaprop is a misused word that
sounds
like the correct word.
lutusp
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So it seems. I should perhaps have said "compromise word" or "PC word", alluding to the reason for the usage.
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