[Ads-l] Amelioration of "infamous"?

[Jonathan Lighter]

>From the same site:

"The Navy is notorious for taking young Americans and shaping them up into
fine and outstanding citizens."

https://www.penguinmd.com/view/tell-tale-signs-military-pmd/?page=45
<https://www.penguinmd.com/view/tell-tale-signs-military-pmd/?page=15>

JL


On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 2:39 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Blandly, 'well known':
>
> "Civilians often reenact a very infamous gesture that soldiers repeat
> multiple times a day while on duty: the salute. Soldiers learn the salute
> early in training and do this over and over again. "
>
> https://www.penguinmd.com/view/tell-tale-signs-military-pmd/?page=15
>
> JL
>
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 11:21 PM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> LH:  << Lincoln and Booth are both famous, but (for most people) only one
>> of them is infamous. >>
>> WB:   << The Japanese were infamous for bombing Pearl Harbor.>> (Boo!)
>>           << The Japanese are famous for bombing Pearl Harbor. >>
>> (Banzai!)
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