Is GENERICIDE a bad choice or morphemes?

Sat Mar 5 01:56:06 UTC 2005

At 4:31 PM -0800 3/4/05, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>It's not just aesthetically bad - it's transparently stupid.
>Lawyers are usually more scrupulous -about language, anyway. The
>obvious pun on "genocide" is also idiotic.
>
>It may be a hybrid, but what's wrong with "brandicide" ?
>
>JL
>

Two days ago I'd have said nothing.  Now I'm reading it as
"death/suicide by brandy", and I think I'm just about ready for it...

L