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To: Kirk © who wrote (1886)	12/22/2007 2:59:36 PM
From: Math Junkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2121

"BOTH terms are pejorative." "Swindler" and "greedy person" are both pejorative too. That doesn't make them comparable. "If you have trouble with dictionaries, they are meant to 'belittle' the other side's view." I have no trouble with dictionaries, and I'm not claiming that either term is polite. I'm merely pointing out that accusing someone of being dishonest is not comparable to accusing someone of being relentlessly negative.

To: Kirk © who wrote (1886)	12/22/2007 3:23:13 PM
From: Investor2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2121

You made me go to the dictionary to look this word up! :) pe·jo·ra·tive –adjective 1. having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling. –noun 2. a pejorative form or word, as poetaster. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Origin: 1880–85; < L péjorat(us) (see pejoration) + -ive] —Related forms pe·jo·ra·tive·ly, adverb —Synonyms 1. deprecatory. [Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)] Best wishes, I2