Friday, November 19, 2004

No moleste! No moleste!

Have you ever noticed how many words have an unused logical opposite? Does that make sense?
Look at the word 'unmolested.' It's pretty common parlance. One might say:

P: I was pleased to find my office unmolested when I returned from
my vacation.
or
T: My wallet was where I left it, apparently unmolested

Fine. but no one ever says:

S: While Paul was out of town, I molested his office looking for cd's.
or
J: Hey, do you have any gum?
H: I dunno. Go molest my purse and check.

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