etymological = "semantic"

[sagehen]

>At 10:46 AM -0700 7/5/07, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>2007 _New Yorker_ (July 2) 25: [T]he gang of uptown "girls" (this
>>breed of woman seeks not only cosmetic but etymological eternal
>>youth)...function as a kind of pedicured Greek chorus.
>>
>>   I'm not even sure what "etymological" eternal youth would mean.
>>
>>   JL
>
>or maybe = "literal", now that "literal" no longer means 'literal'?
>
>LH
>~~~~~~~~~~~
Nah.  It's just another case of confusing "ety......." with "ento.....".
These are skinny, leggy critters with undeveloped, high, buzzy voices.
AM


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