Fwd: interesting turn for "hoi polloi"

[sagehen]

>so imbedded in American speech as to have completely
>reversed its meaning to be, instead:  "elite class" or "high society."
>AM
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>  Am I missing something here? I've always considered "hoi polloi" as the
>unwashed masses. Webster's defines it as "masses."

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Exactly.  What you missed was "completely reversed its meaning" (in the
mind of this particular Greek student).
AM

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