Fwd: lexical query

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

I think the closest you're going to come is "a *very* mixed blessing."
 
Gerald Cohen

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From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Arnold M. Zwicky
Sent: Mon 9/3/2007 1:26 PM
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Subject: Fwd: lexical query



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so, for the record: my friend was looking for a generic (not
specific) term, covering a class of situations (not speech acts or
expressions).  any candidates?  (as i said earlier, "mixed blessing"
comes close.)

arnold

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