repropriate

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Oct 22, 2012, at 4:44 PM, "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:

> At 10/22/2012 06:08 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>>
>> A fellow opposed to gay marriage argued in All Things Considered a few
>> minutes back that if you're married to somebody of the same sex, "How can
>> you repropriate?"
>>
>> I don't know. Frankly, I just don't know.
>
> You make the property that you would want back part of the
> pre-nuptial agreement.

it hasn't been a good day for me, and as sometimes happens with these wrong-word examples i can't figure out what the speaker was aiming (unsuccessfully) at.  can someone help me out of the fog?

arnold

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