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David 
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OK I know this sounds a bit pedantic... but for some reason this pisses me off, when people write 'wrapped' in the context "the draft pick was wrapped to be drafted by Collingwood." The correct word is rapt isn't it? I checked Google for definitions of both words, Rapt means "ecstatic, feeling great rapture or delight."... Wrapped means covered in plastic, however it was mentioned as an Australian slang word meaning practically the same thing as rapt... so does this mean that it is a malapropism that became a slang word? I'm confused. Anyhow don't see this post as some spelling nazi rant, I just saw it used frequently in newspapers and was sure it was wrong.
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i was just rapt that they wrapped it all up so quickly.
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I was warped!
Eeer.....wrapped? Rapt?
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Dale61
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I got rapped across the knuckles by the white rapper, Eminem.
DfC, don't start something you can't either win or finish.
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Robbo.D.yobbo
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| David from Canberra wrote: | | OK I know this sounds a bit pedantic... but for some reason this pisses me off, when people write 'wrapped' in the context "the draft pick was wrapped to be drafted by Collingwood." The correct word is rapt isn't it? I checked Google for definitions of both words, Rapt means "ecstatic, feeling great rapture or delight."... Wrapped means covered in plastic, however it was mentioned as an Australian slang word meaning practically the same thing as rapt... so does this mean that it is a malapropism that became a slang word? I'm confused. Anyhow don't see this post as some spelling nazi rant, I just saw it used frequently in newspapers and was sure it was wrong. |
me 2 im just wrapped that some one finnaly let it out |
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