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Mal-Intent? |
 Jun 12 2007, 11:20 PM
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AF Legend  Group: AF Forum Police Posts: 25,372 Joined: 6-August 04 From: A Suburban Wasteland  |
mal-intent is a word, no?
I can't find it on dictionary.com, so I'm starting to think that I'm making up words. Is it not formal language? Urbandictionary says it's "malicious + intentions"... but that sounds cheesy... Is it really slang? :O |
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Jun 13 2007, 01:35 AM
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AF Legend Group: Members Posts: 29,765 Joined: 18-September 04 |
I think it's some illegitimate american word?
http://cgi.stanford.edu/group/wais/cgi-bin/index.php?p=9897 some editor at some college used it. I've seen it used in my philosophy textbook it's like how people use the phrase blah blah blah "begs the question" which is used incorrectly see http://www.fallacyfiles.org/begquest.html This post has been edited by mndeg: Jun 13 2007, 01:38 AM |
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Jun 13 2007, 01:17 PM
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AF Legend Group: AF Forum Police Posts: 25,372 Joined: 6-August 04 From: A Suburban Wasteland |
QUOTE(mndeg @ Jun 13 2007, 03:35 AM) [snapback]3001186[/snapback] I think it's some illegitimate american word? http://cgi.stanford.edu/group/wais/cgi-bin/index.php?p=9897 some editor at some college used it. I've seen it used in my philosophy textbook it's like how people use the phrase blah blah blah "begs the question" which is used incorrectly see http://www.fallacyfiles.org/begquest.html cannot display webpage :O thaNKS THOUGH. |
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Dec 11 2008, 07:01 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 11-December 08 |
QUOTE(ham_let @ Jun 12 2007, 11:20 PM) [snapback]3000904[/snapback] mal-intent is a word, no? I can't find it on dictionary.com, so I'm starting to think that I'm making up words. Is it not formal language? Urbandictionary says it's "malicious + intentions"... but that sounds cheesy... Is it really slang? :O "Mal intent" is not generally hyphenated but written as two words. "Mal" is used in English but originates from French. In this case, it means "bad" so mal intent is a bad intention. Hope that helps! |
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Dec 15 2008, 04:35 PM
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AF Guru  Group: Members Posts: 3,933 Joined: 12-December 06 From: 苏州 |
Just use malicious if mal-intent doesn't exist.
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