There are 11 reader comments
23 21 2003 9:23PM
unpeel, too
06 22 2003 3:06AM
Why not save yourself the effort of enunciating that superfluous syllable and use "thaw"?
25 22 2003 4:25AM
you are insane. it just so happens others are too.
42 22 2003 8:42AM
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dethaw
09 22 2003 4:09PM
you should submit it to the OED. http://oed.com/public/inside/revision.htm
10 22 2003 4:10PM
To "dethaw" would be to freeze, right? You're insane.
17 22 2003 6:17PM
umm...yeah.
53 24 200310:53PM
how amusing that this is now the third result on google for "dethaw".
58 06 200311:58PM
I can only find it in http://www.thefreedictionary.com/thaw ... and when something is free it is probably worth what was paid for it... I'll side with Mirriam, Webster and the OED - there is no such word as "dethaw"... although, if unpeel is allowed, why not?
24 21 200311:24AM
I looked up this word too on google dethaw is a cool word.
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.
R.53 21 2003 8:53PM
I'm sure there's a linguistic term for the munging together of defrost and thaw that this seems to illustrate.