Thread: rub / marinade?
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Jack Curry
 
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Kevin S. Wilson wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:07:17 GMT, "Jack Curry" <Jack-Curry deletethis
> @cfl.rr.com> wrote:
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>>>
>>> Mmmmmmmm... did I marinate them or rub them? I don't know...
>>>

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>> Marinub or Rubinate, take your pick.

>
> Those neologisms don't exactly trip off the tongue. The last one
> sounds like it describes a bumpkin in deep thought.


And "Marinub" sounds like a one-legged sailor's stump. Neither were offered
with serious intent.

> I don't see the confusion here.


Confusion? I don't think anyone's really confused, though I realize that
as a wordsmith, you are more deeply concerned with technically correct
definitions than I am.

> A brushing with olive oil doesn't make a marinade, at least not in my
> book.


OK by me. And your definitions were interesting.

Jack Curry