08-17-2008, 04:24 PM
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Re: Fay, West Florida Landfall possible?
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Originally Posted by Bananaman88
Just an aside on your quote here, Dean. Where does the word unscathed come from? We've all heard it and probably used it all our lives but we only use unscathed. You always hear, "They escaped unscathed." You never hear of anyone being scathed! "Man that storm, wreck, etc. was terrible! Everyone was scathed!" I've just always found that to be an odd word-I'm not picking on you, Dean. Just a funny little thing of mine.
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You've heard of a scathing report, yes? Scathed also is defined as: Defloration - an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something...
among other things
scathed - definition of scathed by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
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