Sean said: >I can't argue against the need for precise language. There are words like >"denude", which means "to strip". Figure that one out. Almost as if a >'word' like "dethaw" had been accepted into general usage. (No doubt >someone >will look it up for me). Ummm. "Nude" is an adjective. Denude means "to render something into a nude condition." By this analogy, "dethaw" would mean "to render something into a thaw condition," which is nonsense, because thaw is a verb. The prefix de- is not the same one as in de-ice. It has a different origin and meaning here. Mia