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Default The word is refrigerate

On Sat 13 Dec 2008 08:08:49a, Damsel in dis Dress told us...

> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:52:09 -0800 (PST), Sheldon >
> wrote:
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>>Chong Dak Pinhead wrote:
>>
>>> You're confusing the preposition Re with the prefix Re. The preposition
>>> does indeed mean in regard to, however in this case it is the prefix Re
>>> which means (among other things) again, in words such as rewrite and
>>> reread.
>>>
>>> Refrigerate doesn't mean *regarding cold*, it means *to make cold

again*
>>> or more commonly *to make cold*.
>>>
>>> Both are from Latin so I can understand how you have been confused.

>>
>>Friggin' pinhead.

>
> LOL! Still hate to be proven wrong, huh?
>


Maybe he meant to say "fridgin pinhead". :-)

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