"revulsed" for revolted

[Wilson Gray]

Personally, I love your commas. Maybe semi-educated Frank is under the
impression that revulsion and repulsion, because they rhyme, work the
same way with the same extended meanings.

-Wilson

On 8/8/07, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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> Heard on NPR this morning (8/8/07):
> Fearless Frank Deford  boldly took on "revulsion," battered its meaning a
> little, & back-formed it to "revulsed," to express his disgust at promoters
> of dogfighting, recently much in the news. (How're my commas doing?)
> AM
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