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To: michael97123 who wrote (101726)	6/16/2003 12:56:46 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 281500

Excellent attempt at neologistics there, Mike. More conventionally, you can try 1 or 2 from m-w.com Main Entry: 1rum·my Pronunciation: 'r&-mE Function: adjective Inflected Form(s): rum·mi·er; -est Etymology: 2rum Date: 1828 : QUEER, ODD <were still feeling a little rummy from our trip up the escalator -- New Yorker> Main Entry: 2rummy Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural rummies Etymology: 1rum Date: 1851 : DRUNKARD Isn't there some conservative tag line about "words have meaning" or something like that? Or has it been amended to "words mean what we want them to mean"?