"interpolate"

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Postulate" would work, or "suppose,"  but surely two art historians with
advanced degrees, at least one of whom holds an endowed chair and has taught
at Yale, wouldn't make a silly mistake like that!

Note, though, that "interpolate" has four syllables, making it one-third
more impressive than "postulate" and a whopping twice as impressive as
"suppose."

JL

On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:

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