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

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From: Matthew Barkley
Date: Thu, 04 May 1989 19:41

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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".
>

And if a security guard asks you several times, nastily, for your badge,
are you being "badgered"?  :-)

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From: barkley@weiss.cs.unc.edu (Matthew Barkley)
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Subject: Re: Of badges and things (Was "in" and "on")
Summary: Neologisms
Keywords: spatial language, prepositions, metaphor
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