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Danmel

(4,916 posts)
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 04:11 PM Dec 2012

Can we stop calling these massacres "sprees"

You go on a shopping spree. A spree is carefree and happy.

spree
[spree] Show IPA
noun
1.
a lively frolic or outing.
2.
a bout or spell of drinking to intoxication; binge; carousal.
3.
a period, spell, or bout of indulgence, as of a particular wish, craving, or whim: an eating spree; a spending spree.
4.
a period or outburst of extreme activity: Our basketball team went on a scoring spree and won 114 to 78.
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Call it a rampage, not a spree.

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Can we stop calling these massacres "sprees" (Original Post) Danmel Dec 2012 OP
No mindwalker_i Dec 2012 #1
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