"brunt"

[Wilson Gray]

Unfortunately, there's no one that can be made to bear the blunt of
the blame for perpetrating this odd turn of phrase.

-Wilson

On 11/8/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> It's like "wiry."
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>   JL
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> Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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> At 9:53 AM -0500 11/8/06, Charles Doyle wrote:
> >Just read a student essay that contains this sentence: "Cleopatra
> >makes a brunt declaration that echoes Antony's desire for the
> >melting of Rome."
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> >Maybe a typo. (And no, the student isn't Japanese.)
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> >--Charie
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> brusque + blunt? Here are a few others, googling on "brunt statement":
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> As for the brunt statement , I meant the stuff that no one wants to do .
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> plus the usual boastful and brunt statement
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> I had intended to suggest a hypothetical question and it seemed to
> read as a brunt statement .
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> LH
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