Stick this around your necks!

Elliott A Moreton elliott at linguist.umass.edu
Thu Sep 2 12:55:36 EDT 1999


> eruke, n. A malshave or malshrag.
> EZ: Is it cheating to look up words *in* the definition given?  (I
didn't, but this one made me want to.) But I'm not voting for anything I
don't understand.  %-}

This is an interesting question that has come up (for me, at least) a 
couple of times already.  My view is that, no, it is not cheating, but 
you are taking a risk:  If the dictionary definition of "malshave" uses 
the word "eruke", you have to disqualify yourself.  

Other opinions?

em




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