Re: Theories of meaning not relying solely on sym

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From: Christopher Green
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:56

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In article <1992Nov20.103115.23839@news.unige.ch> afzal@divsun.unige.ch writes:
>According to [1, pp. 161]:
>
>(3) You twat!
>(4) You prick!
>
>However, in such cases the ``euphemisms'' are not synonymous with the
>terms of which they are normally considered euphemisms.
>
Perhaps *dysphemisms* would be more appropriate. :-)

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Christopher D. Green                christo@psych.toronto.edu
Psychology Department               cgreen@lake.scar.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1

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Subject: Re: Theories of meaning not relying solely on sym
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