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Reader comments
R.Jul 21, 2003 at 8:53PM
I'm sure there's a linguistic term for the munging together of defrost and thaw that this seems to illustrate.
rafterJul 21, 2003 at 9:23PM
unpeel, too
flipsquireJul 22, 2003 at 3:06AM
Why not save yourself the effort of enunciating that superfluous syllable and use "thaw"?
plotJul 22, 2003 at 4:25AM
you are insane. it just so happens others are too.
captain obviousJul 22, 2003 at 8:42AM
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dethaw
AliceJul 22, 2003 at 4:09PM
you should submit it to the OED. http://oed.com/public/inside/revision.htm
AaronJul 22, 2003 at 4:10PM
To "dethaw" would be to freeze, right? You're insane.
BethJul 22, 2003 at 6:17PM
umm...yeah.
brittaJul 24, 2003 at 10:53PM
how amusing that this is now the third result on google for "dethaw".
dragonNov 06, 2003 at 11:58PM
I can only find it in http://www.thefreedictionary.com/thaw ... and when something is free it is probably worth what was paid for it... I'll side with Mirriam, Webster and the OED - there is no such word as "dethaw"... although, if unpeel is allowed, why not?
KRSDec 21, 2003 at 11:24AM
I looked up this word too on google dethaw is a cool word.
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