Of badges and things (Was "in" and "on")

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From: Wayne Folta
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1989 17:47

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A hilarious alternative (to my ear, anyhow) to "debadge" was offered by my
boss: "disbadge".  And along the same lines, the act of showing a badge
to a security guard is called "badgination".


Wayne Folta          (folta@tove.umd.edu  128.8.128.42)

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Subject: Of badges and things (Was "in" and "on")
Keywords: spatial language, prepositions, metaphor
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