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Well, I guess we all <i>botched </i>that one...something I do regularly.
But what do I know. I live in NY and I am not a linguist.
<p>Allison Hall wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I found it very curious that no one on this list
has heard of the word
<br>"botch," for I use it all the time. I can't offer any information
on the
<br>origin of the word, but I and everyone I've heard use the word have
used it
<br>to mean "to foul up," "to screw up," or "to make a really big mistake."
In
<br>gymnastics, I used it quite often if I completely did a routine incorrectly:
<br> Wow, did I just botch that one!
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