"adverse" + inf. = averse + to + pres. part.; "outroar" = uproar; outcry

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM
Mon Oct 2 21:37:43 UTC 2006


>From interviews on this evening's "All Things Considered" :

  "It would cause a huge outroar."

  "Something they wouldn't be adverse to do."

  About 15,000 raw Googlits for "outroar," about 600,000 for "adverse to do."

  JL


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