Fairly new word(?): "exoneree"

Paul McFedries mailinglists at LOGOPHILIA.COM
Tue May 13 13:25:15 UTC 2003


When I checked Lexis-Nexis for this word, I found 23 English citations, 16
of which were older than 2/24/03, with the oldest being from the July 27,
1992 edition of _Roll Call_:

Much as we expected, Judge Malcolm Wilkey, the special counsel in the House
Bank investigation, says he'll issue a list of Members he deems worthy of
exoneration just as the election enters the home stretch - in late August.
This procedure is perfectly designed so that those who aren't on the list
will almost certainly be suspected by the public of being wrongdoers and
will be pummeled by their challengers. Will the non-exonerees be given their
day in court before the Nov. 3 election?

Paul

----- Original Message -----
> There were 155 hits on google, but some are the French participle,
> an interference problem plaguing -ee research.  Nexis has just 6
> hits, none earlier than 2/24/03;



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