repropriate

[Laurence Horn]

On Oct 23, 2012, at 12:12 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> One possibility is that the tongue started with "reproduce" and
> switched in midstream to "propagate".
>
> Joel

And, although it's not contextually appropriate, the verb "reappropriate" may well have been part of the stew.

LH

>
> At 10/22/2012 08:55 PM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>> On Oct 22, 2012, at 5:46 PM, "ADSGarson O'Toole"
>> <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> > Given the context repropriate might be a blend from two or more
>> of these words:
>> >
>> > propagate, procreate, reproduce
>> >
>> > Less likely contributors to the blend: parturitate, progenerate.
>>
>> (Jon Lighter proposes: reproduce.  this is likely to be the target,
>> since it's the verb that turns up again and again in discussions of
>> same-sex marriage.  it was being blocked for me by "reciprocate:",
>> which is surely irrelevant.) (Joel Berson now adds: replicate.)
>>
>> ah, thanks to Jon, Garson, and Joel.
>>
>> arnold
>>
>> >>>> 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?"
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