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Garner's skunked terms --- effete, enormity, fulsome, transpire

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by: henh...@gmail.com - Mon, 20 Mar 2023 01:32 UTC

Garner listed several other skunked terms in the mother entry: data, decimate, effete, enormity, fulsome, and transpire. His explanation for skunking each was solid – at the time.

“After the news, CrassusCorp’s stock value was decimated by nearly 75% in overnight trading.”

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by: Steve Hayes - Sun, 2 Apr 2023 17:41 UTC

On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:32:07 -0700 (PDT), "henh...@gmail.com"
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>Garner listed several other skunked terms in the mother entry: data, decimate, effete, enormity, fulsome, and transpire. His explanation for skunking each was solid – at the time.

Who's garner, and where did he list them?

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