Couldn't agree with you more, Chris - which isn't to say that there are not
plenty of examples of words which have lost their meaning. One that sticks
in my mind is "random", which currently seems to be used (inappropriately)
in all manner of non-statistical contexts. Another is "iconic", which seems
to be used to justify any news item about anything of popular interest
(which almost by definition excludes icons).
Piers
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From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 29 September 2010 06:26
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Lensbaby fot MfT
:-) I'm not denying that there is a range of "excess".
But the word describes what the writer of the word considers too much; its
very use means that the judgement has been made. If that were not the case
the word would be meaningless, along with a plethora of others degraded by
ignorant users.
Chris
On 28 Sep 2010, at 22:37, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> But 'too much' in whose judgement?
> You can't understand whether you've done something to excess until you've
pushed past the limits of good taste and common sense.
> Andrew Fildes
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