# A bad case of palimpsest - words that mean the wrong thing.

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**Created:** [May 22, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-case-of-palimpsest-words-that-mean-the-wrong-thing/854312 "2020-05-22T20:05:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-case-of-palimpsest-words-that-mean-the-wrong-thing/854312/101 "2020-06-06T10:14:37Z")

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From the [What if Satan repented?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=897625) thread:

> [@What if Satan Repented?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-satan-repented/855137/11):
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> . . . the official Biblical hermeneutics would never allow this to happen . . .

hermeneutics appears to refer to the process of castrating your brother. (As suggested by the Spanish word hermano meaning brother.)

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-case-of-palimpsest-words-that-mean-the-wrong-thing/854312/102 "2020-06-08T13:27:26Z")

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“[Brisket](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=897717)” sounds like a cut of meat that should have bones in it, doesn’t it? At least some ribs…

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-case-of-palimpsest-words-that-mean-the-wrong-thing/854312/103 "2020-06-15T00:12:22Z")

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Pangolin: Yet another musical instrument (along with bassinet).

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bad-case-of-palimpsest-words-that-mean-the-wrong-thing/854312/104 "2020-06-15T00:18:41Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Pangolin: Yet another musical instrument (along with bassinet).

And together they’re noisome.

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