in the wild: "misremembers"

Thu Feb 14 02:08:00 UTC 2008

On Feb 13, 2008, at 6:01 PM, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:

>> Another of today's words destined for at least a blip: "misremember".
>> It's what Roger Clemens claimed (several times) his buddy Andy
>> Pettite did when the latter presented testimony about the former's
>> discussing his and his wife's use of illegal steroids and HGH.  It's
>> not quite "lie", and it's certainly not "forget".  Nor is it
>> "dismember", even if that's what Clemens has seemed to have in mind
>> for several of his antagonists.
>
> "Misremember" meaning "remember incorrectly" seems ordinary to me.
> Maybe I'm missing something again.

indeed.  tons of hits, and an OED entry with cites back to the 16th
century.

arnold

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