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From: Jim Cheetham <jim@gonzul.net>
Subject: [lojban] Re: srebandu
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:19:16 +1300
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On Jan 22, 2004, at 7:07 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:30:15PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote:
>> I made up {srebandu} for "allergy" and put it in jbovlaste, and
>> also added the gloss "friendly fire". The word refers to any
>> action of erroneously defending against something which is not a
>> threat. Is "friendly fire" the correct term for this?
>
> No.  "Friendly fire" is when you accidentally get shot by someone
> whe is supposed to be on your own side.  Generally this is *not*
> used in cases of mistaken identity (i.e. where you meant to shoot
> the person because you thought they were the enemy), but in cases
> where you missed the enemy and hit a friend, or where an area of
> effect weapon took out some friendly troops as well.
>
Hmmm ... also, unless a medical person speaks out, an allergy is not so 
much an erroneous response against a non-threat, as it is an 
overzealous response against otherwise benign levels of 
potentially-threatening substances..

I speak only as a seasonal allergy sufferer :-)

Google's new Define: query type is interesting ...
http://www.google.com/search?q=define:allergy