Friday, July 9, 2010

excerpt from "Fonnica: A Studnet Dicshinary" (forthcoming--*i wish*)

ex·ad·ur·ate
Pronunciation: \ig-ˈza-jə-ˌrāt\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ex·ad·ur·at·ed; ex·ad·ur·at·ing
Etymology: 21st-century college student English, a misspelling new-and-improved spelling of the word exaggerate (from the Latin exaggeratus).

1 : to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth : overstate 2 : to enlarge or increase especially beyond the normal : overemphasize [The claims made in the advertisement are not all false yet not all true. They deeply exadurate the truth. -- Susie Snowflake]

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(with apologies to Merriam-Webster Online)

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