| I don't understand any of this pro-test nonsense.
Of course I'm pro-test! Without them, how would anyone get any
grades in school? You have to have them, or teachers would be out
of jobs, students would run amok in the streets, and other mean
and nasty things would happen, too.
The only reason to be anti-test is to get rid of those dumb 4-day
cricket matches. They cause too many medical problems, anyway,
since people in Australia get bad sunburns on the bottoms of their
noses from the sun reflecting off their Fosters' tinnies.
--E. Littella
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| Here's one for the note about words that are their own opposites.
Merriam-Webster's _Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary_, 1976, says:
protest n 1 : a solemn declaration of opinion and usually of
dissent: as A : a sworn declaration that payment
of a note or bill has been refused and that all
responsible signers or debtors are liable for
resulting loss or damage B : a formal declaration
of dissent by a member to an act or resolution of
a legislature; _especially_ : one made by a member
of the House of Lords C : a declaration made
especially before or while paying that a tax is
illegal and that payment is not voluntary D : a
solemn declaration of disapproval 2 : the act of
protesting; _especially_ : a usually organized
public demonstration of disapproval 3 A : a
course of action B : a gesture of extreme
disapproval 4 : an objection made to an official
or a governing body of a sport
protest vb vt 1 : to make solemn declaration or affirmation
of 2 : to execute or have executed a formal
protest against 3 : to make a protest against
4 : to offer objection to in words or acts ~ vi
1 : to make a protestation 2 : to make or enter
a protest
Meaning 1 for the transitive verb pretty much opposes the other meanings.
-- edp
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