to "incent"

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Dec 3, 2007, at 7:17 AM, i wrote:

> On Dec 2, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Jon Lighter wrote:
>
>> According to this list sponsored by _Vocabula_, to "incent" has
>> broadened its semantic range to mean merely to "motivate":
>>
>> http://www.vocabula.com/VRworstwords.asp

> ... i assume this is the work of Robert Hartwell Fiske, although no
> author
> is identified for the list.  much of it is first-person, and much of
> it is pronouncement from on high -- Fiske's usual style.
>
> on the other hand, it might just be a compendium of nominations for
> Worst Words that people have sent in, so that different people are
> speaking in different entries.

i now see that there's internal evidence that the entries come from
different people.

arnold

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