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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