cathartic = 'experiencing catharsis' PLUS free balonus!

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> feeling _cathartic_

That's no worse than "feeling _nauseous_," I reckon.

> In ordinary terms

If ordinary people wanted to speak and write in ordinary terms,
_nauseous_ would still retain its original, ordinary meaning.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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