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Article #2660Re: Of badges and things (Was "in" and "on")
From: Don Hopkins
Date: Thu, 04 May 1989 07:03
Date: Thu, 04 May 1989 07:03
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In article <17154@mimsy.UUCP> folta@tove.umd.edu.UUCP (Wayne Folta) writes: >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) Nowadays, to leave an airplane is to "deplane". Nobody "disembarks" any more (This is probably for safety reasons). Lately, they've taken to asking that passenger not dismantel the smoke detectors in the bathrooms. It's become part of the chanting ritual with the seat belt and the face mask that they go through before every flight. I wonder how long until they start telling passengers not to "disdetectorize the bathroom." -Don
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!deimos.cis.ksu.edu!uxc!tank!mimsy!brillig.umd.edu!don From: don@brillig.umd.edu (Don Hopkins) Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.cog-eng Subject: Re: Of badges and things (Was "in" and "on") Keywords: spatial language, prepositions, metaphor Message-ID: <17294@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 4 May 89 07:03:08 GMT References: <5434@cs.Buffalo.EDU> <12591@ihlpy.ATT.COM> <17778@cisunx.UUCP> <17154@mimsy.UUCP> Sender: nobody@mimsy.UUCP Reply-To: don@brillig.umd.edu.UUCP (Don Hopkins) Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Lines: 16