gnomi: (practice_acts_grammar (commodorified))
[personal profile] gnomi
...and thinking about unpaired negatives.

(OK, yeah, so "ept" is a false back-formation from "inept." Work with me here...)

So, what're your favorite unpaired negatives? Or am I the only one who ponders this kind of thing?

Date: 2007-08-13 12:55 pm (UTC)
saxikath: (Default)
From: [personal profile] saxikath
My dad and I used to collect these. And there was a wonderful New Yorker humor piece based on them once.

"Gruntled" has always been one of my favorites, along with "consolate."

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