At 00:32 04-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:

>sophistry
>
>n : a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in 
>the hope of deceiving someone [syn: sophism]
>Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>I'd say that's an accurate description of what he's doing.

No, I am not using invalid arguments, nor am I trying to deceive anyone. I 
am trying to get the point across that a commonly used meaning of a word is 
not necessarily the (only) correct meaning.

But hey, I am flattered to see that you believe I am displaying ingenuity! 
Thanks for the compliment!   :-)


Jeroen "Brains" van Baardwijk

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