Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Tollef Fog Heen writes ("Re: Replace the TC power to depose maintainers"):
> They might want to consult a dictionary then,

I.

Chambers English Dictionary (1994 edition, which is what I have):

 prevaricate (vi)
   to avoid stating the truth or coming directly to the point;
   to quibble.

  [And a bunch of other meanings labelled `(obs)'.]

II.

You're a linguistic prescriptivist ?

III.

Anyway, I have explained what I meant.  I apologise for giving offence
by using a word that American dictionaries think means something much
more critical than I intended.


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