It occurred to me ...
Oct. 23rd, 2006 08:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catalyst2Umbrage is an insult or offensive remark. Penumbra is the half shadow between complete illumination and complete shadow. Does this mean that a weak insult that doesn't really cause offense but could be mildly irritating ("Your father was a hamster and your mother smelled of elderberries!") should be called a penumbrage?
*tumbleweed*
*tumbleweed*
