Re: Slightly OT but need advice on invented verbs (e.g., to gate)

[Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com>]

Paul Sinasohn wrote:
> 
> I think your colleague 'dele'ted a few letters. The word you want is
> DELE-gated
> 
> Paul
> 
> skwpt wrote:
> 
>  Anyway, I leaped upon the word "gated" and said, "No,
>  no, no," but my PM really wants it. The tech lead said
>  she's merely implying security, but she insists that
>  "gated" implies an additional security measure/step. I
>  see her point but can't---for the life of me--- come
>  up with a grammatically correct verb to replace "to
>  gate."
> 
I'd rather be gated than gelded! (that could be the first lines of a
song.)

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Peter
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