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Originally Posted by NatCh
Jay: excoriate ... I think it's pretty self-explanatory, actually: it means just what it sounds like it means.
Nay: Oh there are so many, but I'll go with "juxtapose" when the speaker means "diametrically opposed" -- they're not even remotely related!
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Use the words in a sentence: Mark walked home in wet board-shorts from the beach, and thus, due to their natural juxtaposition, his inner thighs wore a red-hot Rorschach butterfly of inflamed excoriation.
(This sentence has been based on a true story. Names have been changed to protect the innocent)
Cheers,
Marc