[Ads-l] Amelioration of "infamous"?

[Jonathan Lighter]

Blandly, 'well known':

"Civilians often reenact a very infamous gesture that soldiers repeat
multiple times a day while on duty: the salute. Soldiers learn the salute
early in training and do this over and over again. "

https://www.penguinmd.com/view/tell-tale-signs-military-pmd/?page=15

JL

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 11:21 PM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> LH:  << Lincoln and Booth are both famous, but (for most people) only one
> of them is infamous. >>
> WB:   << The Japanese were infamous for bombing Pearl Harbor.>> (Boo!)
>           << The Japanese are famous for bombing Pearl Harbor. >> (Banzai!)
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