On malingering

[cyg Simple]

On 3/9/2016 10:32 PM, Mark Geisert wrote:
> My coinage: malingering: mal- (something bad) + lingering (something
> hanging around)
> 
> Dictionary: malingering: to pretend illness, especially in order to
> shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
> 
> Moral of this story: When coining a new word, make sure it doesn't
> already exist with another meaning.  Sheesh.

You can always coin a new meaning to an existing word.  It's how
language evolves.

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cyg Simple