despise, n.

[Mohammed Ayman El Shafie]

:) That's an apotheosis of the atrocities "SHEWN" by our
contemporaries towards the English grammar.
What puzzles me is, why would a speaker choose to use despise as a
noun when the language is overflowing with words that would serve the
purpose, much more accurately than that peculiar transfigurement?
Forgive such a naive question from an imp who still has a long way to
go ere he could dare call himself a man of letters.. :).


On 06/12/2012, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2003 at http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/55
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> "I'm really getting tired of that trendy despise showed towards old
> standards."
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> Also note "showed."
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> JL
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