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Re: When to use the word "curate?"

Subject: Re: When to use the word "curate?"
From: "Peter Neilson" <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:45:23 -0500

On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:26:37 -0500, Alec Chakenov <alec -dot- chakenov -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

sounds like it has come from Latin

Yes. Curator = "taker-carer-of"

Curate thus means "to take care of."

So I guess we can say,

-- "What did you do about that pesky dog of your neighbor's that was always wrecking your garbage can?"

====== "I curated him."

-- "You WHAT??"

====== "I took care of him.

My backhoe is working again. Y'alls got anything y'alls want curated?


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References:
When to use the word "curate?": From: Cardimon, Craig
RE: When to use the word "curate?": From: Tammy Van Boening
Re: When to use the word "curate?": From: Ryan Pollack
RE: When to use the word "curate?": From: Cardimon, Craig
Re: When to use the word "curate?": From: Mike McCallister
RE: When to use the word "curate?": From: Cardimon, Craig
Re: When to use the word "curate?": From: Alec Chakenov

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