Typo of the Evening (a new word)

[azurelunatic]

Tonight's typo of the evening: "prejucide" for "prejudice", swapping the places of the d and c, and looking English enough to pass the eye, but not the spell-checker's canny little dictionary.

Really, though, it's an apropos word that should go into the language. "Pre", something existing beforehand, "ju", a shortening of the Latin "jus", right or law, and root of words like justice, judgment, and "-cide", a killing. A killing because of a pre-existing judgment, or a killing based on a prejudice.

I think it's a good word to replace "hate crimes", in cases where the crime is a killing or attempted killing.

Comments

[sionainn.livejournal.com]

A killing because of a pre-existing judgment, or a killing based on a prejudice.

Or the killing OF a prejudice.

[azurelunatic]

For that definition of prejucide, I'd want to see a lot of them!

*grin*

[jdemorae.livejournal.com]

I ran this by my sweetie, in his aspect as Language Bear. He agrees with you. *grin* (ANd I got to hear him get all happy and bouncy about linguistic stuff, which made my afternoon, so thanks!)

Re: *grin*

[azurelunatic]

My favorite summer class of all time was Etymologies. Fun fun fun!