encarcerate

[Laurence Horn]

On Nov 25, 2012, at 6:29 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> I prefer "outcarcerated."
>
> JL

But "excarcerated" resonates nicely with "excon".  And maybe if you've been in prison too long when you get out you discover you now have an excar.

LH
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> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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>> Reminds me that in a novel I was just reading I came across the term (I
>> think for the first time) "excarcerated", describing someone who had been
>> released/paroled from prison.
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>> LH
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>> On Nov 25, 2012, at 1:53 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>>> In a carefuly written passge.
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>>> http://www.arthurian-legend.com/more-about/more-about-arthur-7.php:
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>>> What is clear is that the author of Le Morte d'Arthur was a member of the
>>> English gentry who mourned the passing of the age of chivalry and that
>> the
>>> work was largely written whilst he was encarcerated.
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>>> JL
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