praxological

[Jonathan Lighter]

Most of the words in OED are unnecessary. See Strunk & White.

JL

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 2/11/2010 04:14 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Not in OED:
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> >1985 Michael, Lord Carver in _N.Y. Times_ (Sept. 22) [
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> http://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/22/books/arms-and-the-mind.html?&pagewanted=2
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> >: The translators are to be congratulated, although the word
> >''praxological'' seems an unnecessarily complicated synonym for
> >''practical.''
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> Well, why are you complaining?  The writer says it seems unnecessary.  :-)
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> Joel
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