9 Aug
2006
9 Aug
'06
3:18 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
"Purpose" isn't. "Repurpose" is.
Pat
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> Apologies
for this, but what sort of politically correct homogenised
> saccharined Americanised word is 'repurposed'?
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, der Mouse wrote:
I don't see it as any of those. What would
you suggest instead? (In
case the meaning really isn't clear to you, to repurpose something is
to use it for a different purpose - different from *what* is generally
indicated by context (most commonly, different from what it is
currently being used for, or from what it was designed for).)
If you know of a better word for the meaning, I'd love to hear.
OK,
WHEN did "purpose" become a verb?