Re: warez
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 21, 2001, 17:37 |
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Matthew Kehrt wrote:
> I should point out that the word is probably a typical plural 's' -> 'z'
> corruption of 'wares', that is, things for sale.
I think not, at least not directly. Its primary etymology is
"software", re-construed as a count noun rather than a mass noun.
Warez d00ds typically don't *sell* warez anyway.
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