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Simi Posted 19 years ago
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Prelated

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00 Antonym of belated, therefore it is early.02br
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00This word is used when someone declares "my birthday is tomorrow", the listener replies "happy prelated birthday"02br
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02br 02br 00 Not in my dictionary, and sounds strange. Just in jokes, perhaps, and the other person would definitely have a double-take. 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 02br 02br 00 Not in my dictionary, and sounds strange.
  • Just in jokes, perhaps, and the other person would definitely have a double-take.
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0>Antonym of belated, therefore it is early.02br
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00 Not in my dictionary, and sounds strange. Just in jokes, perhaps, and the other person would definitely have a double-take. 0-
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0I'm not aware of this word either and it is not in my dictionary.02br
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00Ah, I see you are from India. It could easily be an Indian English word not recognised elsewhere (similar to preponed as the opposite of postponed, this only exists in Indian English, and seems to be a similar formation). In that case, I suppose
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0Apparently, somebody made up this word for fun!02br
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00You'll find it here 01a05000 02a00 together with Simi's example, and you'll find it also in a few blogs (it usually goes with "birthday"). It seems to be spreading.0240hrefhttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=prela
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0I had the exact same thought as Nona - 01i00prepone 02i00being the first Indian English word I have encountered, it immediately came to mind when I read "prelated." Same logic seems to apply. (Although what I'd say is "Happy birthday in advance.")02br
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00(By the say, my Indian collegue changed a meeting time and sent out an announcement about it be
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01cite10Simi12cite10Hi,12br
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10 Antonym of belated, therefore it is early.12br
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10This word is used when someone declares "my birthday is tomorrow", the listener replies "happy prelated birthday"12br
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01cite10Tanit12cite10Apparently, somebody made up this word for fun!12br
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10You'll find it here 11a15010 12a10 together with Simi's example, and you'll find it also in a few blogs (it usually goes with "birthday").12br
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20Apparently, somebody made up this word for fun!22br
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20You'll find it here 21a25020 22a20 together with Simi's example, a
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Unfortunately this is not correct, I assume you found the word prelated on the urban dictionary which is a site that feature made up slang words. Prelated refers to the word prelate which is defined as "a bishop or other high ecclesiastical dignitary". Question closed
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