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RE: Portmanteau words
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Resurrecting an old thread with a terrific new example from ......
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January 18, 2008 08:46
RE: Making and Using Words
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Searching for images of portmanteaux, I came upon one made by a Pennsylvania firm, The Sutler of Mou......
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January 07, 2008 20:53
RE: What's new?
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I second the motion on the "gift bag" idea. The same term is used at Greek weddings for the sugared ......
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December 29, 2007 07:42
RE: Kinds of People
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Interesting to note a second kind of fierce soldier - the Mamelukes. Like the Janissaries a few ce......
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December 10, 2007 19:43
RE: About face
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Tragus also gives us the tragos-oide or goat-song, described in Online Etymological Dictionary as: ......
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December 02, 2007 12:12
RE: About face
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Alas, neveu, you have the instincts of an actuary. That need prove no impediment to social success.......
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December 02, 2007 04:49
RE: About face
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Flashback induced by reading "edentate," bringing to mind actuarial studies from early in my career:......
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November 30, 2007 19:49
RE: Interesting Etymologies
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Interesting, especially in light of lower life-expectancy of the ancients, to hear ten year banishme......
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October 27, 2007 09:13
RE: What's our theme?
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Wordcrafter offers another nice distinction with "willy-nilly." Same idea as "carrot and stick," wh......
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October 22, 2007 05:42
RE: Interesting Etymologies
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Really? Just Frenchified mis-spelling? It's quite Pythonic! "Ah doo naht laike yure redingcote, Ang......
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October 22, 2007 05:13
RE: Domineering Women
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Perhaps being named "yellow horse" (xanthi + hippo) might take its toll on one's good nature....
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October 06, 2007 13:26
RE: Domineering Women
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Whether a word is negative or positive depends upon the conjugation, viz.: "I'm resolute, you're st......
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October 03, 2007 08:09
Extraordinary superlatives
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The vocabulary thread entry chili dogs brings to mind a new kind of superlative, as in "Evil con car......
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September 19, 2007 15:36
RE: Overeating
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Always assumed "trencherman" meant "hungry like one who dug ditches all day." Turns out it is only ......
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September 13, 2007 08:47
RE: Less manipulative
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zmježd makes a good point on usage. It's not that "manipulate" is inherently bad. Rather, it has jus......
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September 11, 2007 10:40
RE: Tasty Words
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Interesting that both "viands" and "victuals" derive from life. From Etymological dictionary: victu......
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September 11, 2007 08:19
RE: New term: "sexile"
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Not to be confused, of course, with "sessile," or conflated with "sextile."...
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September 11, 2007 08:13
Less manipulative
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I appeal to the good folk of Wordcraft to help me find a better word. Accountants I know are offeri......
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September 11, 2007 08:08
RE: Tasty Words
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The "sap" of taste becomes the "sip" when negated, as with "insipid," the antonym of sapid. Are the......
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September 09, 2007 09:39
RE: Savory Collectives - E pluribus unum
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A sporting diversion and Spanish pun: "Olla-podrida" brings to mind Roberto Duran, originally nickn......
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September 03, 2007 08:41
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