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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!SICS.SE!TORKEL
  3. Message-ID: <9301022057.AA26606@bast.sics.se>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  5. Date:         Sat, 2 Jan 1993 21:57:10 +0100
  6. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  7. From:         torkel@SICS.SE
  8. Subject:      Re: Happy New Year!
  9. Comments: To: words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu
  10. In-Reply-To:  Your message of Sat,
  11.               02 Jan 93 20:49:53 +0000. <9301022051.AA24282@sics.se>
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  14.   ><evil smile>  Good - maybe it will inspire some really *good* invective!
  15.  
  16.   One of the few things even more boring than invective is inane prattling
  17. about how interesting good invective is. Also, expressions like "<evil
  18. smile>" irresistibly suggest to me a weak simper on the face of the person
  19. who produces them.
  20.