Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 12:07:49 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199710071707.MAA13300@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Matthew Faupel Sender: Lojban list From: Matthew Faupel Subject: Re: Word? To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu In-Reply-To: message from Edward Cherlin on Mon, 6 Oct 1997 20:33:16 -0700 X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 357 X-From-Space-Date: Tue Oct 7 12:07:58 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU > On another mailing list a request was made for a word meaning, "beating > the greasy spot on the ground where the dead horse used to be." I'm sure > our experts will have no trouble with this. :-) I think that: ze'u za'o na snada might be the correct (if boring) answer, given Lojban's general principle of avoiding metaphor :-) Cheers, Matthew