Re: HA Primer - Pos and cons of X-10, Z-wave, Insteon, UPB

["\"Fat Tony\" D'Amico " <none@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robert L Bass wrote:

>
>> If you're the owner of this specious estate...
>
>mal·a·prop·ism
>-noun 1. an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously,
>      esp. by the confusion of words that are similar
>      in sound.


Good one..

Definitions of specious  on the Web:

    * plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"
    * gilded: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and
perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a
meretricious argument"
      wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

    * counterfeit, as in: Be careful, he is known for using specious
arguments to back up his claims.


   * See a picture -  http://members.cox.net/alarman/RLB.jpg