A Leper?

Mon Jul 23 02:11:38 EDT 2001

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Kelly Richers wrote:

> I suspect it means you have too much time on your hands, Leroy!  Kelly

I think he really means "lepper", a rather new (I think) and somewhat
(HA!!) colloquial abbreviation of the term "lepidopterist", which is
defined as "one who studies butterlfies and/or moths".

> >>> <Leptraps at aol.com> 07/12/01 08:56AM >>>
> In a recent post I saw the words Leper and butterflier, So, I went to
> visit my old friend Webster Dictionary. The word Leper is is there,
> however, it has nothing to do with Lepidoptera, it is someone with the
> disease, Leprosy.The word butterflier is not in my 1999 Webster
> Dictionary. I also looked in the Dictionary of Words used by the late
> Howard Cosell, was not there either.
>
> MMMMMMMMMM! What does all this mean?

Simply that one cannot rely only on one's trusty Webster's.  No biggie.

While you are at it, the is also a new definition for "cat":
"lepidopteran larva, or caterpillar" (the same situation applies here,
the word "cat" being used as an abbreviation for "caterpillar").  I
guess certain lepidopterists got "light-tongued" and stole the
abbreviation from the Caterpillar tractor people..........  :-)

Pierre A Plauzoles
sphinxangelorum at bigfoot.com

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Kelly Richers wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I suspect it means you have too much
time on your hands, Leroy!&nbsp; Kelly</blockquote>
I think he really means "lepper", a rather new (I think) and somewhat (HA!!)
colloquial abbreviation of the term "lepidopterist", which is defined as
"one who studies butterlfies and/or moths".
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>>>> &lt;Leptraps at aol.com> 07/12/01 08:56AM >>>
 In a recent post I saw the words Leper and butterflier, So, I went
to visit my old friend Webster Dictionary. The word Leper is is there,
however, it has nothing to do with Lepidoptera, it is someone with the
disease, Leprosy.The word butterflier is not in my 1999 Webster Dictionary.
I also looked in the Dictionary of Words used by the late Howard Cosell,
was not there either.
MMMMMMMMMM! What does all this mean?</blockquote>
Simply that one cannot rely only on one's trusty Webster's.&nbsp; No biggie.
While you are at it, the is also a new definition for "cat": "lepidopteran
larva, or caterpillar" (the same situation applies here, the word "cat"
being used as an abbreviation for "caterpillar").&nbsp; I guess certain
lepidopterists got "light-tongued" and stole the abbreviation from the
Caterpillar tractor people..........&nbsp; :-)
Pierre A Plauzoles
 sphinxangelorum at bigfoot.com
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