> I think the reason the dictionaries are wrong is that the meaning of the word has shifted. No one writing a dictionary from scratch today would say that haple

> I think the reason the dictionaries are wrong is that the meaning of the word has shifted. No one writing a dictionary from scratch today would say that hapless meant unlucky. But a couple hundred years ago they might have. See... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism#The_.22euphemism_treadmill.22 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism#The_.22euphemism_trea...