[Ads-l] relish; demise

[Wilson Gray]

Well, that surpasses mine. Today's NYT's example of down-dumbing:

"[sometimes-]padded prayer kneeler"

This is an instance of using the definition in place of the word:
"prie-dieu," once as well-known to followers of The One, True Faith as was
the un-Bowdlerized, un-de-Judaeicized name of January first: the Feast [=
"celebration"] of the Circumcision, a holy day of obligation - a holy day
regarded as requiring the same devotional response as a Sunday - which, as
its name once made clear, celebrated the briss/brith of Jesus.

I've managed to avoid learning the new name.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> Comcast blurb for today's "Young and the Restless" episode:
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> "Billy relishes in Adam's demise."
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> Anglice':
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> "Billy takes delight in Adam's misfortune."
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> JL
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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