"terminally" = utterly; extraordinarily

[Mark Mandel]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

> This puts me in mind of the "terminally stupid" phrase that I hear
> sometimes. There the use of "terminally" makes sense to me as the
> implication is that the person/act is so stupid that it will cause
> terminaton of the person's life.
>
> ---Amy West


But could it also make sense with the extended, bleached meaning? Such has
been my experience, IIRC.

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Mark Mandel

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