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Article #8057Re: the opposite of "bashing"
From: John Robinson
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 1988 14:29
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 1988 14:29
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In article <33261@bbn.COM>, news@bbn (News system owner ID) writes:
>> From: dennis@raphel.UUCP (Dennis Vogel)
>> Is there an opposite to the term "bashing" meaning an unfair,
>> unwarranted, harsh criticism (especially without an adequate
>> understanding) of an idea, group, etc.?
>But what does "opposite" mean here? The opposite of unfair,
>unwarranted, and harsh? In that case the "critique" family applies
>("fair" and "even-handed" come to mind). Or the opposite of criticism,
>something like the "flattery" family?
How about "hyping"? Maybe "promoting"? These both have somewhat
sinister insinuations, if that is intended.
[Wayne - did you really mean this to go into comp.emacs?]
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!bbn!jr@bbn.com From: jr@bbn.com (John Robinson) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: the opposite of "bashing" Message-ID: <33299@bbn.COM> Date: 9 Dec 88 14:29:59 GMT References: <33261@bbn.COM> Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: jr@bbn.com (John Robinson) Organization: BBN Systems and Technologies Corporation, Cambridge MA Lines: 17 In-reply-to: news@bbn.COM (News system owner ID)