feeble position

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Mon Aug 17 12:56:10 UTC 2009


At 8/16/2009 09:19 PM, Chris Waigl wrote:
With Michael Covarrubias's "feudal", my doubt-level rises quite a bit
>-- what about the meaning of "feudal" would lend sense to "feudal
>position"?

Surely a feudal position is inferior.  One kneeled to a superior.

Joel

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