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Thread #57509   Message #912862
Posted By: Amos
18-Mar-03 - 04:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: Nouns as Verbs: 'to summit Everest'
Subject: RE: BS: Nouns as Verbs: 'to summit Everest'
Well, since we are now in the age where Newspeak and Newhistory rule, let us propose that the verb "to summit" has an honorable etymology from an ancient Latin verb,summere, originally meaning to successfully wrestle something or someone to defeat.

The first person singular of which, oddly enough, was always spelled sumo.

Summamos, amigos!

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