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23-May-2006, 15:05
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 skimp: positive or negative "thrift" is a positive word, where as "stingy" is a negative word. What about skimp? Thanks, Gopi |
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23-May-2006, 15:29
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 Re: skimp: positive or negative skim is a useful work when you want to find a spcefic thing in a long text but i don't think if it has a negative aspect or not. |
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23-May-2006, 15:37
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| Re: skimp: positive or negative 'Skimp' not 'skim' |
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23-May-2006, 15:52
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| Re: skimp: positive or negative wow!!!!!!!!! sorry.I goofed. it is negative. it means giving s.th less than proper amount, in a stingy way. it is used when s.b wants to behave economically, but he behaves like stingy ones Again sorry for the first post. |
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24-May-2006, 04:59
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| Re: skimp: positive or negative I agree- skimping is negative. |
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