[Taxacom] Objective synonyms?
Curtis Clark
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Sat May 29 11:16:02 CDT 2010
Tom and I are in agreement on this, and I think he is probably as
surprised as I by Stephen Thorpe calling a homotypic new combination a
subjective synonym.
On 5/29/2010 9:04 AM, Thomas G. Lammers wrote:
> "Stupid" and "Idiotic" are synonyms, fide Roget's
> Thesaurus. One is NOT the "correct" word and the other somehow
> inappropriate or lacking or erroneous.
>
Isn't "idiotic" a junior synonym of "stupid"? :-)
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