To: fight_truth_decay
Oh for Pete's sake, open a dictionary: Main Entry: per·pe·trate Pronunciation: \ˈpər-pə-ˌtrāt\ Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): per·pe·trat·ed; per·pe·trat·ing Etymology: Latin perpetratus, past participle of perpetrare, from per- through + patrare to accomplish, from pater father more at father Date: 1537 1 : to bring about or carry out (as a crime or deception) : commit 2 : to produce, perform, or execute (something likened to a crime) per·pe·tra·tion \ˌpər-pə-ˈtrā-shən\ noun Did Bristol and Levi bring about or carry out the sin of fornication? This isn't hard, except to those who object to calling a spade a spade.
To: Philo-Junius
Oh for Pete's sake" (I mimic) I did..and went further, simple one word definitions become so pedestrian..so enter into the sociological shadows aspect of its' use. Tis my forte'. :)
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