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2) Punitive inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment. I found this in ans article about damages in the BP oil spill. Speeding tickets are a puntitive measure designed to make roads safer. Meg F. sorry about the line.

catachresis- use of the wrong word for the context I found this word as the word of the day on dictionary.com and thought it was useful in everyday vocabulary. The teachers catachresis while giving directions caused much confusion amoung the students. -Meg F