"Bob Weinberger" wrote in message
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"rw" wrote in message
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Bob Weinberger wrote:

Baloney. The American Heritage Dictionary gives the definition of "to
cull" as:

VERB:
1. To pick out from others; select.
2. To gather; collect.
3. To remove rejected members or parts from (a herd, for example).

Only in the third alternative is there any suggestion of removing
undesireables -- hardly the "defining" element.

Oh, so if T-Bone, Charlie, or Willi were to declare that you are a cull,
after picking you out from others, using a process which by remarkable
coincidence is called culling, you would be just as likely to consider
their evaluation to be complimentary or neutral as you would be to
consider
it derogatory. ;)

You DO know that you aren't going to win this one, right, Bob? I mean, when
dealing with people who believe that a dictionary is not only an adequate
substitute for, but actually preferable to understanding words, you CAN'T
win.

Wolfgang
still, it IS kinda fun to watch someone else beat them up.