Re: RETRACTION - DAVE BARRETT & HIGH POINT SCIENTIFIC

From: Paul Lawler (stargazer_at_kilolaniDOT.net)
Date: 06/19/04 

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 04:10:39 GMT

"Mike Ruskai" <spamten.knilhtrae@begonedynnaht.net> wrote in message
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> On 18 Jun 2004 13:03:14 GMT, Rod Mollise wrote:
>
> >I hope you realize the enormity of what
>
> Sorry to nitpick (well, not really), but every now and then, this one bugs
> me so much I have to comment.
>
> Enormity means depraved abnormality. It is not a synonym for
> enormousness, despite their (obvious) common etymological roots.

Dunno... my dictionary says:

1. The quality of passing all moral bounds; excessive wickedness or
outrageousness.
2. A monstrous offense or evil; an outrage.

I would posit that even though engaging in a bit of hyperbole, Rod was using
definition 2.