Date:    Fri, 6 Feb 1998 06:53:51 -0500
<br>From:    Fred Shapiro  fred.shapiro[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: Saliency vocabulary
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<br>On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Allan Metcalf wrote:
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<br>  There are also what I call "stealth" words that enter the general vocabulary
<br>  unnoticed by neologists till years later, because they seem so natural. I had
<br>  an example or two, but can't remember any!
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<br>Another example is _prophesize_.  This has been around for decades --
<br>remember Bob Dylan's "Come writers and critics who prophesize with your
<br>pens."  But I don't believe it has been picked up by any dictionaries.
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