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Aktungbby · 01-25-16, 10:41 AM

The word that got me was foment: [to cause or try to cause the growth or development of (something bad or harmful)ie rebellion] which is often cross confused to ferment: one definition of which is [to be in a state of agitation or intense activity ie rebellion]...which leads to the completely fabricated cobbled word: forment... which does not exist! but is used in a book A World Lit only by Fire by no less than William Manchester to describe a political situation, but probably just a poorly paid proofer-typesetter's gross error.

01-25-16, 10:41 AM	#11
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,984 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	The word that got me was foment: [to cause or try to cause the growth or development of (something bad or harmful)ie rebellion] which is often cross confused to ferment: one definition of which is [to be in a state of agitation or intense activity ie rebellion]...which leads to the completely fabricated cobbled word: forment... which does not exist! but is used in a book A World Lit only by Fire by no less than William Manchester to describe a political situation, but probably just a poorly paid proofer-typesetter's gross error. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!