"desanitize" -- a reversal?

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/28/2012 09:33 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> > "Desanitize" is not in the OED, but my expectation is that it would
> > mean "to make unsanitary; to undisinfect".
>
>I certainly hope so!
>
>This, despite the fact that I myself  have _unloosened_ many neckties,
>shoelaces, and such that needed *loosening*, in unmonitored moments,
>and felt none the worse for it.

The speaker felt much the better for his massages.  Including his
feet -- for a while (see his last sentence).

Joel

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