11-23-2004, 09:20 PM
jahcs,Nov 23 2004, 02:49 PM Wrote:nit:
Phrasal Verb:
trump up
To devise fraudulently: trumped up a charge of conspiracy.
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In dealing with adjectives, or as you so nicely put it, phrasal verbs as descriptives (two points to jahcs for Grammarian Stylishness) one could also use bogus, fake, fabricated and / or, as Ashock did, choose a Churchillian mode of simplicity and go with "made up."
Having been a wordsmith for some years, I would offer my opinion that, in choosing a "best phrase or best word" to express the core idea, and considering context, made up trumps trumped up, although both descriptives work well enough to get idea across.
Even so, I offer you, good sir, a Guinness: in recognition of your Grammarian Goodness! :D
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete