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2nd-Apr-2007 06:26 pm - Rant: A word that should be banned
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(Originally posted on MySpace)
Lumpectomy.

Not because of what it means, of course. But because it's an ugly, ugly word.

Lumpectomy.
Say it again: lumpectomy.

What does it mean?
It means the removal of a lump from the breast, by means of surgery.
The word (LUMPECTOMY!) is made of two parts:
Lump. Ectomy.

Lump is an English word.
Ectomy isn't: it has its root in Latin, the language that's still used for all things medical. You can have a hysterectomy (removal of the womb), a pneumonectomy (removal of the lungs or a part thereof), pretty much any kind of *ectomy you like or need.
But you can't, won't and shouldn't combine two words from different languages in the unnatural and perverse way it has been done to form this abomination of a word:

Lumpectomy.

(My sincerest sympathy to all those who need or needed a lump removed from a breast. I just can't stand the word.)
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