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Originally Posted by Maggie May
Watching old reruns of Judge Judy recently. One of the plaintiff’s said…..I was “conversating”with my friends. Judge Judy said. I would normally correct you, but I believe one of the dictionaries has accepted “conversating” as a proper word. ��
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The one that sets my teeth on edge is “coronate”. The word is
crown which is a verb as well as a noun. Yeah, yeah, I know; coronate is accepted. But not only is it inelegant, it requires three syllables instead of one.
However, I’m not consistent; I like some backward formulations. The word “ablute” comes to mind. Still not really a word, as the jagged red line under it indicates.