Ameliorated words of offensive origin

Robert Hartwell Fiske Vocabula at AOL.COM
Wed Feb 28 13:49:14 UTC 2001


Have these been offered:

boy: (servant) --> (child)
prestige: (illusion) --> (high standing)



Robert Hartwell Fiske

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